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Last night we had the committee meeting of our residents association. Lots of discussion about things other than the garden - not sure how or why but apparently some people don't spend their lives thinking about the community garden!! Shocking.

Although, clearly there was also lots of discussion about the community garden and the progress we've made so far and what we intend to do next and also lots of devil's advocate, checking that we still had our skates on and weren't getting carried away. Still a few big things to sort out but mostly we've got a plan and the first step is always to have a plan. Can't move on to plan B unless you've got a plan A. You can tell I'm an 80's chick because I tend to say things like "I love it when a plan comes together". Which means I tend to make lots of plans so I get the chance to say "I love it when a plan comes together!".

But I think my point is that this plan seems to be coming togther and.....
tomorrow we should start....
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wait for it ...
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laying the foundations for the glasshouse.


Even the earth (little E) has warmed up so the concrete hopefully will set ok.

Not sure if it is just because it suddenly feels like spring - what with the blue skys, sun and crocuses but things seem to be moving along at quite a snappy little pace.

Of course foundations don't just appear out of no where. Foundations require, planning, thinking, discussion, something that they are going to be the foundation of and someone to build them and someone to pay for them. ohhh makes my head hurt thinking about it. can't believe it's happening so fast.

Anyway Tomorrow big day.
Tomorrow we start the preparation for the glasshouse. THE FOUNDATIONS!!

Luckily the glasshouse wasn't part of the CDET (County Durham Environment Trust) application. The CDET application is the big application one it's the one that will allow us to actually buy the plants and really although the other things are nice it must be said that a garden without plants isn't really a garden (no offense James). So the CDET application. We have put in for money to pay for the wildlife area (which mainly means the pond but also the plants around the pond), permanent planting (which mainly means the fruit trees but also the flowers), hard landscaping (trellises and raised beds things for plants to grow in or up) and the seating (you'd think this was self explanatory but actually it mainly means tables - but with seats attached).

I say luckily because the thing I learnt today which is very very important is that if someone says they are going to give you money - even if they say they really almost definately absolutely are going to give you the money - and even if they really mean it when they say that - and even if the weather looks like it's time you ought to be thinking about using the money to buy the trees so they can get planted when they ought to get planted - well even then you still can't start spending the money until they actually give it to you. AND what's more you actually can't even start doing any of the things that you asked for the money for even if you're only doing them becasue they said they'd give you the money and you figure you can just buy the trees now and pay for them when you get the money. Well the thing is you can't! And if you do they willthink you didn't really need the money and then they won't give it to you. Even if before they were going to. SO LUCKY we didn't. :)