So, on January 1st 2012, I
- pruned my soft fruit bushes
- weeded my nine-month-old asparagus bed (only 15 months to go until first harvest!)
- transplanted lovely self-sown borage plants – it looks like I’ll have lots of huge borage plants for the bees again this summer
- harvested a tiny cauliflower
- …then back at home I learned to use a sewing machine, and set up a Stroud Permaculture Group website
Not a bad day’s work 
- Peter (maybe members would like to blog on this site about their permaculture activities? If so, just contact me and I’ll set you up with a username for the site).
Nice work Peter! If you have any spare borage plants or seeds I would love some. No worries if not, I’m sure some will come my way somehow
Thanks for the new website!
Josie
This is very good; I like the idea of a weblog.
Late in December I gained the use of a plot on Cainscross allotment site. It is really good full of very interesting plants, and a greenhouse. If you fancied a gathering one afternoon to share ideas for a possible set of pathways I would be delighted. Let me know.
Nick
Great, let’s do that. Hopefully we can set a date via the discussion email list.
My fourth little project with the sewing machine had a horticultural twist: making a new cover for an old fleece tunnel. Cut a piece of horticultural fleece the same size as the old cover, sewed channels to slide the wire hoops into, and bingo, good as new!
Josie – I have transplanted a few young borage plants for you, probably ready to transplant to your place in about April.