Robert and Liam's blog post

Welcome to the third blog post with Liam and Robert. In today's post we will be talking about what we do, and what we have been up to in the last week.

In today's post we will be talking about our new drum kit that we are building from recycled materials, and our brand new curling set. 

Have a nice day!

     Liam "Editor"

Building the drums

We have started a new project of building a drum kit for outside music sessions in the summer. we have collected buckets, oil drums and plastic tubing to create an interesting array of sounds for a small group to create rhythms with.

Dan,Paul and Stuart have built the frame for the drum kit and have moved it outside, so it does not get stuck in the shed.

/The guys move the drum frame to the front garden so they have space to attach the drums

Robert Chose this picture as his picture of the week.

"Robert's picture of the week" Robert "Editor" 

Indoor Curling

As part of our new team building sessions we have been trying out our new curling set. Not only is it a great opportunity for a bit of fun competition, We have been learning to add up the scores to see who wins.

 Craig gets a bullseye! 50 points!

 Paul takes another shot at the bullseye.

 Dan takes his first shot!

 Craig Shows everyone how it's done.

 The Bullseye!

 Paul went on to win this game he surprised everyone with his natural talent with the game.

 Adam takes the sitting down approach

 Thomas takes aim!

 Lenita adds up her score!

 Paul counts his winnings.

 liam's picture of the week! "this is my favourite, because it has all my friends in it."

 Dan fires off his stone.

Making Lunch

Of course it's not all fun and games, someone has to make lunch and today Lenita is hard at work in the kitchen.

Checking the shopping list

 Adam double checks our shopping list, there are a lot of mouths to feed and Adam makes sure we don't run out of ingredients for next weeks lunches!

See you all next week.

Goodbye from Liam and Robert!

keeping busy

Welcome to Greenhouse, this is our second post about what we have done in the week.

Today's post has been written by Liam, Craig and Dan as guest journalists giving you the top stories about Greenhouse.

Wood work

This week has been a busy week for wood work. We have built and painted a brand new leaf storage box. We repainted our birdhouses and flowerbeds. We also repaired and repainted our raised beds, fitting a new liner and filling them with soil.  

Craig making our newly repaired flower bed.

Gardening

As winter is in full flow, we have had the massive job of clearing leaves from our paths. There are so many leaves lying about that we've had to build new compost bins to fit it all!

 Mark and Thomas taking leaves to the compost bin

Mark collecting more leaves for the compost bins

Seedbags

As part of our partnership with Manor farm, we pack seed bags for the park. These seed bags can be purchased in the park to feed the birds.

Dan, Kevin Craig and Paula putting seed bags in containers, so the can be sold up at Manor farm.

Amy, Mark and Chelsea Making more seed bags

"Chelsea pouring in the seeds and Amy sticking on the stickers" Dan G 22/02/2016

 Amy, Mark and Chelsea Making more seed bags

 Thomas adding more stickers

Cheryl and Thomas adding more stickers

Dan, Paula, Craig and Kevin working as a team

Deep cleaning the kitchen

As with any busy kitchen you need to regularly deep clean, to maintain high standards and keep the kitchen safe and clean. 

 Nick is cleaning the kitchen

Bird feeders

 We have built several bird feeders around our site, we have also been making our own seed balls. The local birds have taken a liking to our bird feed recipe

A visit bird enjoying our home made bird feeder.

Repairing the skittles from our skittle alley

Due to regular use, we need to occasionally repaint our skittles.

Cooking

 Our home made dumplings grew to quite a massive size

"Craig in the kitchen, not sticking his tongue out for once" Liam 2016

Craig creating short bread for Cafe' time.

"Elena putting her biscuits in the oven." Craig 2016

So that's it for this week in Greenhouse, lots of fun and intersting things to come next week. Including building an outdoor drum kit and some new games to play in music and movements.

Many thanks to Liam, Dan and Craig for guest editing today's post and choosing our photos.

See you next week.

Team Greenhouse

Welcome to greenhouse

Welcome to the Greenhouse's first blog post! We will be updating a weekly selection of Photographs to show you what we get upto!

Cookery

 Home made pizza, using fresh ingredients and homemade pizza dough.

 Everyone helped pick the toppings, sweetcorn was very popular.

 Trevor cutting up carrots for lunch.

 Georgia Preparing tomatoes for the side salad.

 Liam Chopping onions, these onions were very strong so Liam needed a short break after this photo before cracking on like the Chef he is!

 Paul concentrating hard while chopping the swede. It's a tough job.

Cafe' Time!

 Everyone sitting down for Cafe' time together.

 Our Friend Naomi (in the white and black jumper) from Gold group, who sadly passed away recently.

 Gemma preparing the kitchen for Cafe' time

Painting and Craftwork

Elanor putting the finishing touches on our new signs for the veggie patch.

 The guys putting together cards for Naomi's family.

 Robert Helping to paint drums for our out door drum kit.

 Liam seems pleased with his handy work.

 Billy examines the camera..

 Craig has fun with the camera

 Robert during our painting session

 In his own words "Dan Vader"

 Mark during painting

 Chelsea with added bunny ears.

 The greenhouse valentines day table.

Georgia creating valentines day cards.



As you see we have had a busy week, big thanks to Jason, Dan, Craig, Paul and the staff who took these great photos. expect more soon!


This blog is dedicated to the Memory of our Friend Naomi, Who will be sadly missed.

See you next Week
The Greenhouse Team.