Hitched Communities

01/10/2026

🍂 Autumn Clean-Up & Crop Protection: Get Your Veg Patch Winter-Ready! 🥦

As the temperatures drop, it’s time to shift focus from harvesting to protecting your crops and prepping your soil for early next spring. A little effort now saves dynamic growth time come April!

Here are 3 quick actions to take in the garden this week:

🍅 1. Ripen Late Green Tomatoes

Don't let early frosts ruin your remaining tomatoes! Cut down outdoor vines, strip the leaves, and hang them upside down indoors or in a greenhouse. You can also pop green tomatoes in a drawer or paper bag with a banana—they will ripen them in no time.

🐦 2. Net Your Winter Brassicas & Strip Leaves

Hungry pigeons are on the scout as natural food sources thin out. Secure heavy-duty netting over cabbages, kale, and Brussels sprouts. While you’re at it, strip off any yellowing leaves near the base of the plants to stop grey mould from creeping in.

🪴 3. Elevate Pots & Drain Saucers

Waterlogged, freezing soil is the fast track to root rot. Lift container crops onto pot feet or bricks to keep drainage holes clear, and remember to remove all water saucers so roots don't sit in icy puddles over winter.

👉 What's currently taking up space in your vegetable beds? Let us know your autumn garden progress below! 👇

01/10/2026

Heading on a night out in Birkenhead this weekend? Make sure you take a look at these helpful tips from ROC Angels to make sure you have a safe night out.

24/09/2026

A great meet up for one of our patches on Sunday with advice from our gardener Simon, extra hands to help with a bit of clearance plus there was some kale planting involved too! It's always great getting together to talk gardens and to exchange thoughts and ideas!

If you've got a patch of land, allotment, garden or windowsill and you'd like to get involved, please do get in touch!

10/09/2026

Can you tell it was a bit blustery and wet on our last shift?! Catherine led our team, and they were able to help some of the rough sleepers, attend to a fight or two and also chatted with a variety of people enjoying their night out.

Catherine's heading the team again tomorrow night, so please do say hello! Let's hope it's not so wet this time! 🙏

03/09/2026

Some interesting looking sweet potatoes popped up on one of our Made on My Patch patches! Have you grown any slightly unusual looking veg this year?!

29/07/2026

Street Angels headed to France!

Earlier this month, project lead Gary Wootten head to the European Social Marketing Conference in Montpellier, France. Whilst there, he held a 20 minute workshop telling people all about the work of our project, Street Angels, in both Chester and Birkenhead!

To read a bit more about what Gary shared, you can head to our website for more details: https://www.hitched-communities.org/street-angels-at-the-european-social-marketing-conference-2026/

21/07/2026

We had a great workshop on Sunday afternoon in the sun! 🌞

Lots of tips and inspiration was shared, plus plenty of yummy treats in the form of both vegetables and cake!

Getting together regularly gives us a chance to exchange knowledge and produce, and to socialise together - it's a great check in to see how we are all doing.

15/07/2026

⭐️ Thank you ⭐️

Thank you for all your support so far with our Spacehive campaign, it means the world. Every backer is one more person showing us how important Street Angels is in Chester and how much we are appreciated.

We are 39% of the way to our total, with just 21 more days to go! Please keep sharing with friends, colleagues, family, the person next to you on the bus - every pound goes a long way!

We would like to offer a more consistent service on Friday and Saturday nights, create a more varied and relevant training programme for our volunteers and develop our website for better signposting.

14/07/2026

It may be hot but our Made On My Patch plots are blooming! We've got tomatoes, potatoes, carrots and more sprouting up ready to be enjoyed! How are your plots surviving in this heat?

08/07/2026

Did you know these top tips for looking after your garden in a heatwave?

If you are part of our Made On My Patch programme you can get these tips and more from our helpful gardener!

☀️ Keep your garden thriving in a heatwave with these 5 quick tips:

💧 Water deep & early: Soak the soil at the roots around sunrise to prevent evaporation.
🍂 Mulch up: Add a 5–10 cm layer of bark or compost to lock in moisture and cool roots.
🏺 Protect pots: Move containers into the shade and put saucers underneath to hold water.🚫 Pause pruning & feeding: Don't stress your plants; avoid trimming or fertilizing right now.
🌾 Mow high: Raise your lawnmower blades to keep grass longer so it can shade its own roots.