Maintenance Day
The first Saturday in May and it was time for the orchard to have a first major maintenance day of the year. We had a tremendous turnout from the volunteers and our thanks go to everyone who turned up.
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Maintenance Day
Benches
Let’s start with a big “Thank You” for everyone who turned up today to put the benches into the Orchard.
Tree planting March 2014
On Saturday, 8 March we were finally able to plant our next twelve trees, having previously been delayed a month by heavy rain and water-logged ground. Prior to the planting day, we had marked out the tree positions and put down two loads of woodchip to create a dry path to the Orchard swing gate.
Wassail evening
The inaugural Histon and Impington Community Orchard Project wassailing event took place on possibly the wettest, stormiest evening of the year to that point – the 31st January.
Merry Christmas from HICOP
2013 has been a good year for HICOP and a lot of progress has been made on the orchard. This time last year, we had just signed the licence agreement with the Parish Council and had possession of an empty acre of ground. Over the course of 2013 we have created a boundary for the […]
We have boundaries
Over December 6th and 7th boundary work on the orchard was completed thanks to a large and coordinated community effort.
Orchard hedging
Thanks to a lot of time, effort, and generosity from all at Chivers Farms – particularly Phil Scott – we have most of the boundary fence up around the orchard.