Our young people were learning the safe use of tools this afternoon- in fact, they were using shears to clear nettle. They made the...

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...

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,...

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...

Our volunteer session was very productive- we took a load of thornless gooseberry cutting. Hopefully, if they take, we will have plenty...

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...

We had a huge pile of bark chippings to move at the allotment, which we were very glad of as it kept us warm!

They’ve been amazing, not least because they made such lovely, magical leafy archways everywhere, but today we decided the runner beans...

Our after school sessions are about to start, but on this last summer session, we tried our first sweet corn, as well as making wooden...

We have a new group at the allotment, and lunch on our first session was veggie Korma- lots of picking and prep! Then just some stewed...

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....