There’s lots and lots of beautiful red lettuce at the Nose – and over the next couple of weeks, they’ll need to be eaten, or else go to seed, so get some soon! Giles shows us a classic way to eat it, but do get in touch with other ideas!
Many thanks to Fulprint the Printers who kindly printed up the scarecrow trails, on eco-friendly paper, of course!
We’ve just sent them a ‘thank you‘ which shows the winning scarecrows, and someone enjoying the trail.
We’re hearing great things about what the traders are planning for the Bishy Road street closure and party on 4 July. See more on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bishyroad/128678520487075
For those who are marshalling or who would like to volunteer as a marshall, there is a drop-in meeting on Tuesday 26 June early evening. For information about what being a marshall involves, click here.
Information from Hannah about the meeting on Tuesday:
Bishopthorpe Road traders are planning a street part on the evening of 4 July.
The road and car park will be closed, and there’ll be a children’s area, stalls, shops to browse in, and many other activities – a celebration of our local street and the traders and residents who make it so special.
Help with stewarding is needed: setting up the event, clearing away at the end and primarily ensuring the safety of the attendees.
Stewards won’t have to be on duty for the whole evening, so you’d have plenty of time to enjoy the atmosphere and the entertainments as well. Slots are 6-8pm, 8-10pm, or 6-10pm depending on what you’d like to offer.
If you’re interested to find out more, please contact Nathan Vasey (he’s one of the team at Pextons) at bishyroadstreetparty@hotmail.com
Peas and beans sown in pots at the Good Friday workshops
The Brownie pack from Southlands planted peas and beans in pots at a session before Easter, and then brought the resulting seedlings to plant up at the Nose, at a second session. At the St Clement’s Church’s Good Friday workshops, Planet South Bank ran another seed-sowing workshop, with about 40 children leaving their decorated plant pots in the pews, as they continued to enjoy the other activities on offer. The seedlings that result from this activity can be planted up outside, once the weather cheers up, and Planet South Bank will also be helping the Sunday school sow some salad crops.
We have had such fun the last two years, we decided to do it all over again! This year, we’re going to get the scarecrows in place the weekend before the Olympic flame goes through York, and so there is an additional challenge – can we make scarecrows with a sporting flavour? Any one in the South Bank area is welcome to join in – we had 50 last year, and it would be great to have more. More details are available on the leaflet.
A few vegetables over-wintered (parsley, rocket, spinach and cavalo nero) and the purple sprouting brocoli is just getting going, but a new sowing and planting season has started at the Nose community garden. All are welcome to our sessions – normally first and third Saturday mornings of the month – although also 5th of April, for Easter holidays!
Forthcoming sessions. 5th April, 7th April, 21st April, 5th May and 19th May.
This week, Planet South Bank have been working with our friends from York in Transition on a thermal imaging project, taking thermal images of our houses (and children and guinea pigs), to see where the heat is being lost. We chose the coldest possible time to do it in – which wasn’t strictly necessary, but will give some images, we hope. The York in Transition team will process the images over the next few weeks, and then we’ll call a meeting where all the South Bank householders can pick up their images, and talk over some ideas for improving their snug-ness ratings! Watch this space for time and venue. Many thanks to Peter, Edward and Andreas for making this project happen.
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Planet South Bank 