old hippies never die

[jillR]

they just turn into guerrilla gardeners

http://www.guerrillagardening.org/

I went out planting poppies and hollyhocks in some laybys today, I hope they take.

fruit trees in some of our parks would be nice.

later I think I will try some veg here and there.

so if you spot carrots in odd place it might mean

I waz there.

[BroadScot]

Oh defo sounds like a mobile allotment! Have fun! 

[SueH]

Good luck to them.  So often we see large urban areas looking stark and unloved.   It can only be to the good, especially with councils being so strapped for cash.

 

We see a lot of boats on the Kennet & Avon Canal, doing their bit in the same way and they are a welcome splash of colour to see as you walk along the towpath.

 

SueH

[littlesprite]

I quite like the idea of being an urban gorilla it sounds a lot better than my sons take on it.

 

He saw a picture of me from the 60's, (my hippie faze) and said "old hippies never die they just go to seed"

 

I definitely like the gorilla version.  

[jillR]

last year I scattered Norfolk lilac coloured poppy seeds and

hollyhock seeds around an old Arkwright mill in Derbyshire

ill go see if they survived later in the year.

[ranworthbreeze]

When we were working on Tapton Lock on the Chesterfield Canal we all went as a family when the children were little, the boys put in a full days work helping. We used to take conker saplings found in our garden and plant them is the surrounding area. I must go back and see if they survived.

 

Opposite our moorings we scattered wild flower seeds but our weeks  on the boat meant that we never saw the flowers. If they self set we may have better luck this year.

 

Regards

Alan 

[loribear]

Someone planted some flowers at the side of the M1 , but the council pulled them up , as they said it was too much of a distraction, miseries. Lori

[SueH]

And of course all the bulbs have been 'conned' by the fairly mild weather down here into poking their noses out of the soil.

 

Here's hoping we don't get a late frost to frighten them away.

 

SueH