During the last Seedy Saturday, before this one, one of my customers over the past months came into the garden to tell me about a group of people wanting to brainstorm a bit about Urban Farming at a dinner. I welcomed the idea, and I invited myself to the dinner. The dinner was held at the Solid Green offices in Rosebank, and the entire office seemed keen on volunteering at Pirates…. This is what we did…
HUGELKULTUUR on top of the ivy… it starts with slashing away the new growth, using a machete is easiest or if you have an awesome hoe like mine, that is even better 
In between all the talking, I managed to pop in a few more pieces of garlic and some Hubbard squash seedlings. The coffee lady gave the volunteers a flask of coffee to share, and baker man Jeffrey from the Jozi Real Food Market donated a variety of baked goodies as well. Big thank you for that, I am missing the market missions, and if you have not been to this market, tried this bread and coffee yet then you are missing out too.
Marloes, the owner of Solid Green, jumped in and planted a few Jerusalem artichokes, once the materials for the hugelkultuur ran out.
And, what was supposed to be in the end was rather random in between – as I wanted to say thank you, and there was definitely not enough spinach for that just yet, I handed over one of my calabash art pieces to Marloes… I was very happy that they liked it, and presented it as another idea for empowerment from gardens.
All in all some Spinach did get traded for two assistants, who started nibbling at it immediately
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