Signs of Life
With the weather getting a bit warmer, there are signs of Spring breaking out all over, and it’s wonderful to see. Continue reading Signs of Life
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Build it. They will come.
Much milder this week and, today, sunshine and frogs. A *lot* of frogs! And a lot of frogspawn. There are various small ponds all over the site that are starting to fill up with frogspawn – and today, the pond … Continue reading Build it. They will come.
Soggy Litter Pickin
Although low lying, our site is quite exposed – particularly since the adjoining factory buildings were demolished a few years ago. This means that a lot of litter discarded on the main road, retail park and footpath finds its way … Continue reading Soggy Litter Pickin
New Year Freeze – and a Fox!
Whenever there is a hint of snow or a sharp frost, it’s worth a trip to the allotment with a camera (and a flask of hot coffee!). You might even get lucky and snap a fox without realising it is … Continue reading New Year Freeze – and a Fox!
Food Forest Additions
A damp day and a small group, but we got plenty done. We focused on the mini food-forest today, adding plants to it and tidying the paths. You might remember we planted the food forest up earlier this year, putting … Continue reading Food Forest Additions
The rain it raineth every day
Storm Claudia swept through Coventry on Friday and now our pond is a lake and the water butts are all full! We even spotted a Grey Wagtail checking out the new facilities! If you really squint, you can see it … Continue reading The rain it raineth every day
November Working Party
Beautiful autumn day for a working party, and a good turn out. There was a bit of general maintenance of the mini food forest areas, but our main focus was on enlarging the pond/scrape/boggy areas in the mini nature reserve. … Continue reading November Working Party
Definitely Autumn
The cobwebs acted as pretty effective mist-catchers this morning… Continue reading Definitely Autumn
Digging in
Another beautiful sunny autumn Sunday. The plan for today was to see how far we could get digging out some ponds and scrapes to help intentionally store water on the land in the mini-nature reserve. We’ve tried to time the … Continue reading Digging in
Moments in time
On Sunday, organised by the Mothers Who Make an Allotment group, artist-photographer Jo Gane set up her mobile darkroom at the allotment. Jo’s artistic practice uses historical photographic techniques and she was making tin-type portraits of members of the group … Continue reading Moments in time
Urban Allotment: climate resilience & community 