After a spell of hot, dry weather (when the pond demonstrated to us that we will need to make one part of it deeper to give the creatures somewhere to go if we get a longer spell of hot, dry … Continue reading Meeting the exuberance
A lovely May day and a gentle bit of editing: taking out a bit of bindweed and horsetails, uncovering the Water Avens and Ragged Robin, and splitting a few pond plants to put into the pond. Thanks to Karen, Mr … Continue reading Kingcups, Buttercups & Ragged Robin
After the AGM and hail showers yesterday, the sun came out for our working party. Karen, Rita and Dez were on nettle reduction; Eloisa and Guillermo on horsetail minimisation; Gerard on dead hedge laying; Adele on adding rainbow chard to … Continue reading Post-AGM Working Party
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
The beginning of September already. The hottest, driest summer anyone can remember ended with a little rain. The rainwater collection tanks and damp meadow gratefully absorbed it, but where the ground was compacted, the rain barely made an impression. Rainwater … Continue reading End of summer working party
Just a select few today, so we had another go at the nettles and bindweed, and found a frog or two… The small amount of rain this week hasn’t made much of a difference to the extremely dry soil, but … Continue reading August Working Party
July’s working party was another opportunity to thin and trim the vegetative exuberance of early summer. We concentrated on a ‘chop and drop’ of the comfrey in the mini food-forest, and on pulling bindweed elsewhere on site. Comfrey is deep … Continue reading July working party
At the AGM we decided to hold monthly working parties and, for now, these will continue to be based around the project plot. It doesn’t seem that long since the April working party, but here we are at May’s already… … Continue reading May Working Party
The warm, dry spring weather has continued and given us a good run at the project plot. It also seems to have been good for butterflies. After hearing the reports of how bad the last couple of wet springs have … Continue reading Compost and a bench for…nine*!
We had the allotment Annual General Meeting this weekend, and it was great to see so many people there. It was brilliant to be able to have a purpose-built space where we could actually sit and meet together (usually we … Continue reading AGM, Working Party & signs of life
Urban Allotment: climate resilience & community 