This morning’s working party connected new guttering and downpipe to the shed on Plot 23 to collect rainwater running off the roof. On Plot 12, which has no buildings from which to harvest rainwater, we rigged up a tarpaulin between … Continue reading Rainwater Collection #2
The first communal rainwater collection tank went in today. We fitted guttering along one edge of the toilet roof and a drainpipe to collect the water into an IBC tank. We put mesh over the hole in the top of … Continue reading Rainwater Collection #1
The plots are showing the effects of the heavy rain this weekend. The spade-deep holes we dug in February are full up again (in fact they haven’t completely dried up at all since then) and to get to the willows, … Continue reading September Rains
The work on the row of waterlogged plots is due to begin in a couple of weeks. We will be building: a communal shelter (or, to begin with, it’ll be more like a pergola, but we hope to add to … Continue reading Artist’s impression
We’ve got a survey open for plot-holders, to try and find out about how they perceive the effects of climate change and instability on their allotment. Not everyone has responded yet, but the results are interesting. Continue reading How we feel Climate Change is affecting our food-growing
May 2024: The committee met to get started on the Rainwater Collection Survey. Since last Autumn, the weather has been pretty consistently wet – this has proved challenging in terms of growing, since everything is so behind a ‘normal’ year … Continue reading Water Collection Survey
We are a small inner city allotment site (of 40 plots) in Coventry, near to the centre of England, UK. Our site is bordered by a primary school playing field, a row of inter-war terraced houses, a building site (which … Continue reading All about our project
