It’s great to be able to make our lunches using produce that we’ve picked from the plot! Rhubarb is the obvious one, and both Saturday...

Our sessions at Annie's Place for Derby Umbrella have been a little delayed, so rather than planting seeds, we've been looking at edible...

Just as spring is really starting to spring, we are allowed to have our groups back at the allotment, which is wonderful! We've started...

Because it wasn’t raining, and the ground wasn’t flooded, and the ground wasn’t frozen...we did some more outside jobs at the main...

Our first sessions of 2021 were icy! The muddy ground was hard, which made a lovely change- although it was soft enough underneath the...

The weather might be pretty grotty at the moment, but we find plenty to do on the allotment... We try to keep a balance of more...

Despite the weather becoming a bit grey and damp as we get towards winter, we still have lots of jobs to do on the allotment. Today, we...

We've recieved some lovely certificates from the RHS, in recognition of the work we've been doing in our community - from giving away...

We are very happy that our one-to-one respite support sessions can carry on through the current lockdown. This week, after cooking some...

As well as lots of cooking, our young half-term allotmenteer has been helping to create a couple of little corners for some spring bulbs....

Our packets of Aquadulce broad beans are eager to get into the soil... but we’re still doing battle with the couch grass! The boys did a...

The Saturday volunteers have been taking out the remaining squash plants, as even though they keep producing flowers, they won't be able...

The chard patch has been totally reliable all summer, and we're still harvesting it. This week, I decided to use it in a veggie curry,...

After potting on the young oregano plants, we gave some thought to how the allotment will look next year, including making some new...

We still have some tomatoes in the vineyard greenhouse, and they're still ripening - but all the outdoor plants have tomatoes that are...

We’re really enjoying the autumn feel of the plot- lots of things to harvest still, and some lovely warm weather. But it’s definitely...

We are so glad that the allotment has plenty of space to work in! No one could have predicted that we’d now need space for social...

Today, it didn't rain on our lovely volunteers! During our last session, we all got extremely wet in the rain, so we were very happy to...

This is an old recipe passed to us by a friend of a friend from their grandma- the proper way to get recipes! It makes a piccalilli-type...

Cleaning and sharpening your tools regularly keeps them working well and means they're as safe as possible to use. Plus, it's the...