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
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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 10
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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
- Dec 8, 2022
- 1 min
Christmas gardens at Renew
This week's afternoon session with the lovely group at Renew Cafe was to make mini gardens for Christmas, planted with early bulbs. To...
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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
- Aug 30, 2022
- 1 min
More Stocky Café gardening
We had another good afternoon working in the community garden, with the lovely people from Renew Stocky Café. The raised area around the...
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Katy
- Aug 26, 2022
- 1 min
Stocky Community Garden
We had another lovely afternoon at the community garden! We were pruning the willow, and making plans for the autumn… The new plantings...
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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 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
- 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 8, 2022
- 1 min
After school crafts
We spent some time watering the vineyard greenhouse, then had a relaxing painting session for our first week back after half term....
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Katy
- May 14, 2022
- 1 min
Wild wildflowers
Our young people were learning the safe use of tools this afternoon- in fact, they were using shears to clear nettle. They made the...
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Katy
- Apr 5, 2022
- 1 min
Potions!
Much cooler and quite overcast this afternoon, but there’s was lots of potion making! We have lots of herbs on the plot, and the mint is...
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Katy
- Mar 29, 2022
- 1 min
Allotment jobs
Probably the last of the really warm weather for a while, so at our after school session we did some work on the allotment- weeding,...
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Katy
- Mar 15, 2022
- 1 min
Beautiful allotment afternoon!
What a change in the weather- we hope it lasts for a while! Definitely time for outdoors reading and painting, and we did a few gardening...
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Katy
- Feb 5, 2022
- 1 min
Winter jobs
Our volunteer session was very productive- we took a load of thornless gooseberry cutting. Hopefully, if they take, we will have plenty...
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Katy
- Jan 21, 2022
- 1 min
Chilly after school
We had plenty of work to do in this week’s after school session -which is how we like it, as it’s pretty cold after the sun has gone...
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Katy
- Jan 15, 2022
- 1 min
Frosty, foggy days…
We had a huge pile of bark chippings to move at the allotment, which we were very glad of as it kept us warm!
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Katy
- Oct 6, 2021
- 1 min
Goodbye to the beans!
They’ve been amazing, not least because they made such lovely, magical leafy archways everywhere, but today we decided the runner beans...
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