Beans are go!
Today at the plot, we finished hoeing the paths (need to get some wood chip to mulch them now...), and continued with weeding. The robin...
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Katy
- 6 days ago
- 1 min
Stand by your beds!
Yes, we're getting ready to sow! We've done some more work on the allotment this week, getting the paths, beds, compost heaps and...
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Katy
- Feb 13
- 1 min
The Queen of Hearts…
We started off at the allotment this afternoon, to pick herbs for our meal meal of homemade butternut squash soup...with jam tarts to...
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Katy
- Feb 10
- 1 min
Chilly allotment morning
It was a sunny but very cold morning at the allotment this week. The ground was frozen, so there wasn't much to be done- but there are...
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Katy
- Oct 19, 2022
- 1 min
Apples…
Well, we managed to take just one photo during this week's after school session 🤦🏻♀️ We were admiring the beautiful autumn colours...
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Katy
- Oct 11, 2022
- 1 min
It’s almost chilly!
We are just starting to notice the chill in the air, and it was certainly getting darker as our session finished! We had a lovely noodley...
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Katy
- Oct 3, 2022
- 1 min
Teatime after school
Here we are again! There is still some produce to be had, courgettes, chard, grapes - and apples (stewed with custard!!). But we've also...
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Katy
- Oct 3, 2022
- 1 min
After school…
We picked a huge quantity of grapes to giveaway- not only to other plot holders, but also to a local school! We love our teatimes at the...
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Katy
- Aug 26, 2022
- 1 min
Muggy allotment afternoon
We’ve all been away on and off over the school holidays, so it’s been a bit quiet on the blog! The weather hasn’t been great for our...
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Katy
- Jul 25, 2022
- 1 min
Summer holiday morning
We’ll have some ad hoc sessions over the summer, for our regular ‘after school’ people, and the first one was today! We picked lots of...
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Katy
- Jul 22, 2022
- 1 min
Finishing touches…
We only have a couple of weeks left of term, including this session, so we’re starting to finish our clay projects. It’s been an...
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Katy
- Jul 21, 2022
- 1 min
Birthdays
Two of our young people have had birthdays recently, and today we gave them presents of art materials- which the got stuck into using...
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Katy
- Jul 8, 2022
- 1 min
Al fresco sculpting
Another blistering afternoon, so we took the workshop outside! Some painting of sculptures, plus some new sculptures in the making! The...
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Katy
- Jul 5, 2022
- 1 min
More arty pottering
We’re continuing with our clay work, and learning how to slab-build on a small scale- quite tricky! It’s great to develop ideas, and to...
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Katy
- Jul 5, 2022
- 1 min
Al fresco tea!
What started out as a much cooler, cloudier day just got hotter and hotter! So we had our meal outside, which was lovely🌺🌼 We forgot to...
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Katy
- Jun 29, 2022
- 1 min
Art and volunteers
We had a young volunteer this week, who spent time at the allotment and with the art group. She helped pick (and eat!) our fab...
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Katy
- Jun 29, 2022
- 1 min
Pottering at the plot
After school this week was a bit cooler than it has been, so instead of spending time in the wildflower den area, the young people opted...
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Katy
- Jun 23, 2022
- 1 min
Strawberries and dens
So hot in the allotment, even at the end of the day! We were able to cook our tea outside- using some of our home grown chard and broad...
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Katy
- Jun 11, 2022
- 1 min
Summer clay project
We were so busy in our art session, we forgot to take photos! In the next few weeks before the summer holidays, we are doing some clay...
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Katy
- May 20, 2022
- 1 min
Fabulous kaleidoscopes!
Something that’s been in my mind for a while, and today we finally got around to making our own kaleidoscopes from scratch. They seemed...
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