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
- 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
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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 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
- 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
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 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 22, 2022
- 1 min
Trees are awesome!
The forest was so cool this week- literally! Trees offer more than shade, they cool the air too. We had a great time doing some...
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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 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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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 26, 2022
- 1 min
Loving the sunshine!
‘What would you like to do first?’ ’Painting!’ Our small group this week were very keen to get out the watercolours! They then made a...
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