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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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 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
Feb 5, 20221 min read
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, 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
Jan 15, 20221 min read
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, 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 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 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
Mar 21, 20211 min read
Back at the plot!
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...
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Katy
Feb 19, 20211 min read
News: More making at the plot
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...
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Katy
Jan 3, 20211 min read
Happy New Year!
Our first sessions of 2021 were icy! The muddy ground was hard, which made a lovely change- although it was soft enough underneath the...
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