News: We love mud!
Forest school this week was a bit nomadic- there’s been enough rain to make the clay soil very slippery, so we couldn’t use our usual...
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Katy
Oct 31, 20201 min read
News: Thinking about spring
As well as lots of cooking, our young half-term allotmenteer has been helping to create a couple of little corners for some spring bulbs....
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Katy
Oct 30, 20201 min read
News: Cooking at the allotment
One of our young allotmenteers has been spending time with us over half term- not only digging and planting, but cooking too! Over the...
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Katy
Oct 26, 20201 min read
News: will the beans ever get planted!
Our packets of Aquadulce broad beans are eager to get into the soil... but we’re still doing battle with the couch grass! The boys did a...
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Katy
Oct 23, 20201 min read
News: Lovely bread on a stick, in the woods
We had rain at forest school this week, so the camp fire was a very welcome addition to our activities! The children spent lots of time...
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Katy
Oct 22, 20201 min read
News: Strawberries in October?
The Saturday volunteers have been taking out the remaining squash plants, as even though they keep producing flowers, they won't be able...
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Kate
Oct 20, 20201 min read
Bats, brambles, blackthorn and benches
It was a busy session last Sunday morning at the Duesbury Nature Reserve. The volunteer-made bat boxes were installed in some trees in...
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Katy
Oct 20, 20201 min read
Recipe: Glossy green chard - it's still going! (into a veggie curry)
The chard patch has been totally reliable all summer, and we're still harvesting it. This week, I decided to use it in a veggie curry,...
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Katy
Oct 16, 20201 min read
News: Making new growing areas
After potting on the young oregano plants, we gave some thought to how the allotment will look next year, including making some new...
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Katy
Oct 15, 20201 min read
News: Two art groups, and thinking about lanterns...
We are very pleased to now have a second art group at the allotment! Both groups are going to be working on projects designed to light up...
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Katy
Oct 14, 20201 min read
News: Forest school skills
We’ve been having wonderful autumnal afternoons for our forest school session- although the day we learn to set a campfire was definitely...
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Katy
Sep 24, 20202 min read
Recipe: Green tomato chutney
We still have some tomatoes in the vineyard greenhouse, and they're still ripening - but all the outdoor plants have tomatoes that are...
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Katy
Sep 21, 20201 min read
News: Busy in the allotment!
We’re really enjoying the autumn feel of the plot- lots of things to harvest still, and some lovely warm weather. But it’s definitely...
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Kate
Sep 18, 20201 min read
Fabulous First Conservation Session!
On Tuesday we ran the first conservation session of the Duesbury Green Spaces Group. This group has been formed to maintain and improve a...
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Katy
Sep 18, 20201 min read
News: Forest school sessions
With the new term, we‘ve started our forest school for home educating families again- the perfect setting for socially distanced...
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Katy
Sep 16, 20201 min read
News: Zoom art!
Like everyone nowadays, we’re try to be as flexible and creative as possible to make sure that our sessions can carry on. And although...
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Katy
Sep 15, 20201 min read
News: Sunshine and gardening
We are so glad that the allotment has plenty of space to work in! No one could have predicted that we’d now need space for social...
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Katy
Sep 10, 20201 min read
News: Woodworking on the plot
Today, it didn't rain on our lovely volunteers! During our last session, we all got extremely wet in the rain, so we were very happy to...
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Kate
Sep 9, 20204 min read
Recipe: Nanny Lugg's Runner Bean Chutney
This is an old recipe passed to us by a friend of a friend from their grandma- the proper way to get recipes! It makes a piccalilli-type...
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Katy
Sep 6, 20201 min read
News: Very small art...
Our art groups have been experimenting with puppet making - we started off with 3-stick puppets, then moved on to figures made around a...
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