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Forest school group hit the allotments
Literally, hit: Hammers, mallets, sledgehammers, they had the lot. Great progress made on the fence, more metposts put in for fruit...
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Kate
Jan 28, 20201 min read
Progress down the toilet...
The breakout compost loo art group led by Izzy are at it again- by the end of this session, our 4 volunteers had transferred their tree...
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Kate
Jan 26, 20201 min read
Raindrops keep falling on our heads...
But that doesn’t mean we can’t build bases for our sheds! Or at least make a good start on one base, as well as getting the rest of the...
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Kate
Jan 25, 20201 min read
So busy we forgot to take a photo....
Good job it was drizzling this morning: 3 hours of hot work moving slabs, sawing fenceposts and sledgehammering fixings needed the damp...
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Kate
Jan 24, 20201 min read
Reclaimed slabs galore!
Once again we’re really grateful for a generous donation: The fantastic Jonathan from Littleover has given us pretty much an entire patio...
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Kate
Jan 22, 20201 min read
Mist on the playing fields
This was the view from the allotment gates as we went in at 7.30 this morning (you’ll have to imagine the sound of a wheelbarrow full of...
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Kate
Jan 22, 20201 min read
A beautiful day to find the Very Best Sticks
We’ve not been to the woods for a few weeks and we timed it just right with this session: Brilliant sunshine and a hard frost which meant...
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Kate
Jan 20, 20201 min read
Compost loo stage two
One of our fantastic home education group art session students has been hard at work on her design for our compost loo this afternoon,...
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Kate
Jan 19, 20201 min read
Sunshine, frost and birdsong
Just another glorious morning at the Crow Wood CIC allotment.
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Kate
Jan 18, 20201 min read
Blame it on the sunshine!
It’s been the first properly sunny day of the year (and the first real frost) and the busiest Saturday yet for our allotment setup phase....
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Kate
Jan 14, 20201 min read
Willow in the wet
The stormy and very wet weather couldn’t stop the home ed forest school group meeting up today at the Meynell Langley community orchard...
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Kate
Jan 13, 20201 min read
Compost loo under construction
We’ve just got a separating compost loo made of lovely birch ply with easy clean parts. It‘s a precision cut kit which was a delight for...
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Kate
Jan 11, 20201 min read
100 spring bulbs, 12 chairs and a shed base
It’s been a busy day at the allotment: We’ve planted 100 mixed spring bulbs under the hedge and around the fruit trees, started scrubbing...
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Kate
Jan 10, 20201 min read
Fingers crossed for our Chatsworth show garden entry!
The Art and Forest School home education groups have come up with some great ideas for our Chatsworth flower show entry, which have been...
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Kate
Jan 9, 20201 min read
Leaf printing and hot chocolate
The art group once again made the best of a bright day, creating some gorgeous leaf-inspired coloured prints fuelled by hot chocolate.
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Kate
Jan 8, 20201 min read
The shed has landed!
Having very kindly given us the large allotment plot at short notice so we can prepare for a spring start, our plot neighbour and the...
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Kate
Jan 4, 20201 min read
Back in action for the new year!
Preparations are getting well underway for the official March opening of Crow Wood @ Rowditch Allotments: Today, we’ve finished clearing...
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Kate
Dec 14, 20191 min read
Power tools and PPE
Moving on from origami, this lot decided to kit up in personal protective equipment yesterday and spend some time using sanders and a...
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Kate
Dec 10, 20191 min read
It’s almost whittling...
Once again it’s been too windy and rainy for the woods to be safe, so we’re indoors again for the forest school makers group. Today was...
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Kate
Dec 9, 20191 min read
It’s rubbish at the allotment...
This week we’ve been preparing the willow beds, where we’ll be growing a range of different basketry willow varieties for use in craft...
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