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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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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Katy
Mar 23, 20221 min read
Mother’s Day, and making camp!
We’re really loving the longer evenings- hard to think that we needed the greenhouse lights on until quite recently. We used some...
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Katy
Mar 15, 20221 min read
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
Mar 8, 20221 min read
And we didn’t need the lights!
This was our first after school session where we didn’t need the greenhouse lighting- it’s definitely spring! And we used our first...
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Katy
Feb 5, 20221 min read
Stars and pizza!
One of the lovely things about winter after-school sessions is being able to see the stars. We sometimes use a free star chart app to...
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Katy
Jan 30, 20221 min read
Is it getting warmer..?
Our after school session definitely felt spring-like…not only was it (a bit) warmer, but there was lots of birdsong. We had one indoor...
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Katy
Jan 21, 20221 min read
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
Nov 9, 20211 min read
After school…
We will carry on with our after school sessions even as the nights are drawing in. We have fab lights in the greenhouse, which makes it a...
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Katy
Oct 6, 20211 min read
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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Katy
Sep 15, 20210 min read
Still feels like summer!
This week’s after school session was so lovely and warm- we thought that autumn had come to stay, but apparently not! Delicious dinner of...
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Katy
Sep 14, 20211 min read
New exhibition for Air Arts
We have been collaborating with Air Arts at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) for a number of years, exhibiting work as...
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Katy
Sep 11, 20211 min read
New term!
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...
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Katy
Aug 30, 20211 min read
More bramble cooking
Our thornless brambles aren’t very sweet (although great for crumbles), but the brambles in the hedge, in full sun, are amazing! We tried...
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Katy
Aug 29, 20211 min read
High summer cooking!
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...
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Katy
Jun 28, 20211 min read
Summer cooking
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...
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Katy
Jun 28, 20211 min read
Edible flowers at Annie’s
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...
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Katy
Jun 4, 20211 min read
Derby Umbrella sessions
We've just done our fourth session at Annie's Place, the centre where Derby Umbrella run their sessions for children and adults wth...
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Katy
May 16, 20211 min read
Saturday sessions at the allotment
Since we've been able to have people on site at the allotment again, we've been very busy! With willow leftover from our sessions with...
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