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Soggy giant Meccano weekend!
The greenhouse has arrived - we spent a long soggy day yesterday starting to build the frame and it looks like being another wet day...
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Katy
Jun 4, 20201 min read
News: YPTE awards Crow Wood's young gardeners a Highly Commended!
It feels like ages ago when our home education families were working so hard at the allotment and in the greenhouse, preparing the site,...
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Katy
May 11, 20202 min read
Archaeology at the plot!
We’ve had to do a lot of earth shifting on the allotment, mainly because we’ve not only moved a shed, but also because we’ve put in...
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Katy
Apr 28, 20201 min read
Almost ready to move house...
We have a greenhouse full of seed trays and seedlings! But they're in the wrong place...Well, we had to start our veggies off somewhere,...
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Katy
Apr 26, 20202 min read
Time to jam!
The crumbles and cakes have been going down very well, but then we discovered monster rhubarb on the new vineyard plot! So it was time to...
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Katy
Apr 21, 20201 min read
We have the power to compost!
A beautiful day on the plot, so what better job than to...build the compost bays! These will be so useful - not only for our own green...
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Kate
Apr 6, 20203 min read
Activity-ish of the day: Fruit tree grafting!
Learn about grafting fruit trees- why bother, and how to do it.
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Katy
Apr 5, 20201 min read
Delicious mint and lemon cordial!
Make a lovely cordial with the first peppermint leaves. We picked them from the garden (with help from the hen!). Tear a generous handful...
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Katy
Mar 31, 20201 min read
Try making a tippy tap!
We're spending lots of time in the garden at the moment, so we made a tippy tap for hand washing on the go! It's really simple and very...
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Katy
Mar 22, 20201 min read
Hard graft- day 2!
More barrowing...and levelling! The fantastic Richard has been levelling the base and managing the troops. Volunteer Sam has been...
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Katy
Mar 21, 20201 min read
Hard graft on the allotment!
There were a fair few other allotmenteers about, and there’s was quite a bit of interest in the hole that we were digging! It’s the...
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Katy
Mar 19, 20201 min read
Art in the yurt still!
Lovely session at the yurt this week, finishing Lino cuts and printing them. Also hot chocolate, enjoying being out in the park...
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Kate
Mar 2, 20201 min read
Gorgeous
We’re just finishing negotiations with Veolia for a license to manage this lovely wild area of land near our Rowditch Allotments site on...
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Kate
Mar 1, 20201 min read
No more rain until October?
Today we released the lower edge of the roof felt and fitted a gutter to the side of the shed to protect the windows and wall below-...
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Kate
Feb 29, 20201 min read
Willow and blackcurrants!
Seven people working for a morning can get a lot done - especially when the weather decides not to hail all day and is sunny instead!...
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Katy
Feb 25, 20201 min read
Sunshine, tipi, pancakes!
The tipi circle had its first outing! We tried it out today, with no rain and a gentle breeze, and it worked a treat. It then became our...
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Katy
Feb 22, 20201 min read
Our volunteers are fab!
We always wanted to work with volunteers from the community, and we are very lucky to have several already! Maddie is our newest recruit,...
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Kate
Feb 19, 20201 min read
Where there’s muck...
There are lovely people who lend you muck forks, show up with a wheelbarrow and move a whole lot of it into our (now very purposeful and...
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Kate
Feb 16, 20201 min read
Ciara and Dennis make a mess...
Storm Ciara last week saturated the ground on the plot nicely: Storm Dennis has, apparently for the first time ever, managed to flood...
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Kate
Feb 13, 20201 min read
Progress!
Progressing along our paths is getting ever easier with all the progress we are making at the allotment!
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