About

Gender

Female


Location

Huddersfield


Birthday:

January 18


Suburb

Bradley


Post / Zip Code

HD2 1TE


I can offer

Gardening & yard labour, Garden watering, to be a gardening buddy, Food from my garden


Food Growing Skill Level

Beginner


Experience and Qualifications

Lots of years in the garden


I am interested in...

Buying Local Food, Selling Local Grown Food, Bartering Local Food, Community Gardens, Learning, Preserving, Helping Others


Tell us about your garden and what you're growing

3 years ago my garden was just a simple lawn. Then I met Jake who has transformed it. We now have a patio, lots of hanging baskets, a greenhouse for tomatoes, peppers chillis etc, and raised beds where we grow a variety of different vegetables inculding: potatoes, carrots, cabbage, broccoli, squash, leeks, onions, herbs and more. Jake has recently planted some winter veg, and he is going to construct some higher raised beds that I can work on next year.


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  • Megan December 2, 2011 at 12:39am

    hello Karen, hope you're well. Would love to see updated photos of your land project. How's it progressing?

  • Janet Byers November 16, 2009 at 1:01am
    Hi Karen - you're an inspiration! I love the north of England, and I have seen beautiful gardens in Yorkshire, but I think it would require real dedication to garden there. I live in the North of New Zealand which is temperate, and working outside is pleasant for most of the year.
  • Pete Russell October 11, 2009 at 9:23pm
    Congrats on the progress Karen. You guys are such a great inspiration and example.
  • Megan October 1, 2009 at 10:37pm
    The pots are really sturdy packed up against each other but once you remove them from the tray, they collapse (which is good thing when you come to planting them) but means that you need to ensure that the seedlings all have similar germination times. I put some rocket in the middle of a tray, not a good idea, they emerged first and it was fun getting them out! Not a problem if you're planting an entire tray of the same variety, I only have a couple of small raised beds.
  • Megan September 30, 2009 at 2:33am
    Hello Karen, here's a link to one of the many youtube video's on how to fold these pots. I don't bother with sellotape, just use a letter open to crease the folds really sharply and fold the flaps in. Half a sheet of a tabloid makes the size pots in my photos. Gee you're a night owl....
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms7hUdbl8Ds&feature=related
  • Megan September 30, 2009 at 1:27am
    hello again Karen, have just uploaded a photo of the string of chilis in our kitchen
  • Megan September 29, 2009 at 9:55pm
    hello Karen, it's fiddly but strings of chili's look great hanging in the kitchen. When harvesting them leave as long a stem as possible and using a sharp pointed needle with large eye (chenilles are good), thread them up with linen thread. Pass the needle through the thickest part of the stem (where it joins the fruit).
  • John Preston September 12, 2009 at 8:23am
    Karen. I came to the Media Centre meeting and would be interested to come back to a meeting and learn how its is developing, what speakers do you have planned in the coming weeks? I'm looking to develop a wider project in Leeds.

    It would be really helpful if you e-mailed me at work J.Preston@btcv.org.uk as I haven't mastered the oooby system.
  • Marie-Claire Kidd August 28, 2009 at 1:18pm
    Hi Karen.
    Pete might have told you, he's found a speaker for the next meeting. I'll work on Ben for the week after
    mcx
  • Pete Russell August 23, 2009 at 11:23am
    Thank you Karen. How did you know?
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