January 2017
Carpeting the wooded area to suppress perennial weeds.
Site maintenance with regular weekly support from Alderbrook Day Opportunities and helping hands from YMCA and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.
February 2017
Sowing for new season; produce of old season.
March 2017
Spring Gathering, wet and windy; herb sowing for herbal teas in partnership with Buxton & Leek College.
Weekly salad box sales to the Green Pavilion
April 2017
Early seedlings. Square footer scheme launched
Visit to Eden Project
May 2017
Potting up. More raised beds and ton bags. Three truck loads of organic topsoil, two loads of compost, one load of sand.
June 2017
Joined Buxton Garden Trail Weekend - two hundred visitors, and suggestion of Farmgate sales launch.
Compost Toilet - a premium facility - completed.
July 2017
Great Big Walk - lunch-time celebration with Eden Project walkers taking break between Batley and Cornwall
Early notice of HPBC's intention to apply for planning permission.
August 2017
Land search for alternative sites for community farm / market garden in Buxton.
Crop harvest and Farmgate sales: beans, courgettes, herbs, broccoli.
Seed - Serpentine specials and heritage varieties - collection and cataloguing in preparation for Seed Swap event in New Year.
September 2017
Serpentine Seedy Sunday - workshop.
Herbal infusion range produced and packaged. Stocked by Hargreaves of Buxton and available for sale at the Farm.
Crop harvest and Farmgate sales: varieties of tomatoes, cucumbers, garlic.
Terrace of composting bays under construction.
October 2017
Apple Day - 80 adults, 40 children, several dogs. £100 in donations.
AGM. Launch of campaign to secure SCF's future in Serpentine Walks.
Tomatoes still cropping. Sales of dried flowers. (Added value in growing flowers to attract pollinators.)
Carpeting the wooded area to suppress perennial weeds.
Site maintenance with regular weekly support from Alderbrook Day Opportunities and helping hands from YMCA and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.
February 2017
Sowing for new season; produce of old season.
March 2017
Spring Gathering, wet and windy; herb sowing for herbal teas in partnership with Buxton & Leek College.
Weekly salad box sales to the Green Pavilion
April 2017
Early seedlings. Square footer scheme launched
Visit to Eden Project
May 2017
Potting up. More raised beds and ton bags. Three truck loads of organic topsoil, two loads of compost, one load of sand.
June 2017
Joined Buxton Garden Trail Weekend - two hundred visitors, and suggestion of Farmgate sales launch.
Compost Toilet - a premium facility - completed.
July 2017
Great Big Walk - lunch-time celebration with Eden Project walkers taking break between Batley and Cornwall
Early notice of HPBC's intention to apply for planning permission.
August 2017
Land search for alternative sites for community farm / market garden in Buxton.
Crop harvest and Farmgate sales: beans, courgettes, herbs, broccoli.
Seed - Serpentine specials and heritage varieties - collection and cataloguing in preparation for Seed Swap event in New Year.
September 2017
Serpentine Seedy Sunday - workshop.
Herbal infusion range produced and packaged. Stocked by Hargreaves of Buxton and available for sale at the Farm.
Crop harvest and Farmgate sales: varieties of tomatoes, cucumbers, garlic.
Terrace of composting bays under construction.
October 2017
Apple Day - 80 adults, 40 children, several dogs. £100 in donations.
AGM. Launch of campaign to secure SCF's future in Serpentine Walks.
Tomatoes still cropping. Sales of dried flowers. (Added value in growing flowers to attract pollinators.)
