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 19, 20221 min read
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
Oct 11, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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
Jul 5, 20221 min read
More arty pottering
We’re continuing with our clay work, and learning how to slab-build on a small scale- quite tricky! It’s great to develop ideas, and to...
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Katy
Jul 5, 20221 min read
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 29, 20221 min read
Art and volunteers
We had a young volunteer this week, who spent time at the allotment and with the art group. She helped pick (and eat!) our fab...
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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 22, 20221 min read
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 11, 20221 min read
Summer clay project
We were so busy in our art session, we forgot to take photos! In the next few weeks before the summer holidays, we are doing some clay...
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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 20, 20221 min read
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, 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 30, 20221 min read
Sunshiny after school
Lovely weather, and we’re still marvelling that it’s light until the end of our session! New energy for creating different sorts of dens,...
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Katy
Apr 30, 20221 min read
Spring art
We’re making the most of the spring flowers, by preserving them to make chains of natural sun catchers. Using our wire-twisting skills...
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