{"id":3237,"date":"2023-10-13T10:09:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T10:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/?p=3237"},"modified":"2023-10-13T10:09:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T10:09:18","slug":"maidsafe-foundation-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/2023\/10\/13\/maidsafe-foundation-update\/","title":{"rendered":"MaidSafe Foundation Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Garden update October 2023\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">After a very successful meeting with Jenna Cairns from the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere and Malcolm Haddow SWSEIC support officer (South West Environmental Information Centre)\u00a0we have a plan to take the garden further.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Increase the biodiversity in the garden by:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\">Introducing more native flowers, planting bulbs, flowers, and scattering seeds (Emily Hay from CEI will be providing some of these and working with the school.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\">Cap group have given a donation of \u00a3100 to raise the planting beds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\">Using the resources, we have we will be encouraging a host of wildlife including hedgehogs by moving the branches we had from clearing previously from the garden into a more suitable area.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\">Looking at introducing water areas in the garden to encourage a whole host of insect, mammals, and bird life.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\">Malcom has said they would lend us a trail cam to record and watch to see what wildlife comes into the garden when the children are not there.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\">Compost area will be made, we will be asking the community if they have any unused compost bins they will donate, or we will make our own.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\">Wildflowers being planted along the fence between the garden and pitch and up along the fence with the field to encourage insects and birds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\">Bird houses and bird feeders will be purchased for the garden also.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\">We will also be installing a weather station within the garden for the children to record the weather.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">M.Donald<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">MaidSafe Foundation<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3238\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/2023\/10\/13\/maidsafe-foundation-update\/maidsafe\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2023\/10\/13100839\/Maidsafe.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"548,730\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Maidsafe\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2023\/10\/13100839\/Maidsafe-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2023\/10\/13100839\/Maidsafe.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3238\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2023\/10\/13100839\/Maidsafe-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2023\/10\/13100839\/Maidsafe-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2023\/10\/13100839\/Maidsafe.jpg 548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garden update October 2023\u00a0 After a very successful meeting with Jenna Cairns from the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere and Malcolm Haddow SWSEIC support officer (South West Environmental Information Centre)\u00a0we have a plan to take the garden further.\u00a0 Increase the biodiversity in the garden by:\u00a0 Introducing more native flowers, planting bulbs, flowers, and scattering seeds &hellip; 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