Today a visit to the tree nursery to pick up the fruit trees and bushes (Apples, crab apple, quince, greengage, raspberry, blackberry, blackcurrant, redcurrant, gooseberry) that will make the framework of the mini Food Forest* we’re planting on the project … Continue reading Tree Nursery
Bitterly cold couple of hours today, rigging up the IBC totes to harvest rainwater from the shelter roof. There is a bewildering array of advice online about how best to do this, so today’s rig is a temporary version. Eventually, … Continue reading Rainwater Collection #5 & raised beds
The water butts on site are frozen solid and it’s too cold to be wrangling tiny nuts and bolts to put raised beds together, but the sun on the frost was too beautiful to resist this morning. Interesting to see … Continue reading New Year Cold Snap
We were lucky with another dry, bright (but chilly!) day for the second of our workshops led by Garden Organic. Anton joined us on site to talk about Building Soil Health. He began by digging a couple of holes in … Continue reading Soil Health Workshop
Allotmenteers are hardy types, so the freezing temperatures and ground frost today didn’t stop us from gathering for the Successful Composting workshop, led brilliantly by John from Garden Organic. This was the first of two workshops we’re hosting on site … Continue reading Composting Workshop
Using the wood cut on site, we have created two new habitats for wildlife: Dead Hedges For gardeners who want to encourage wildlife and would prefer not to set bonfires, making a dead hedge is a win-win solution. Dead hedges … Continue reading Creating new habitats
In glorious autumn sunshine, we gathered a working party to assist the tree surgeons with a bit of overdue tree and hedge maintenance. We have a hedge (mostly hawthorn, but mixed with some elder and cherry) down the boundary of … Continue reading Working with the tree surgeons
Our working party on Friday began to shape the nature reserve. Here we have to tread a fine line which allows us to manage the site with a light touch that enhances what is there – making the space for … Continue reading Shaping the nature reserve
We are delighted to be able to host two workshops – led by Garden Organic and open to allotmenteers and gardeners across Coventry. We’re even more delighted that our project funding enables us to offer these workshops for free to … Continue reading Book your place at our Garden Organic workshops
Another day, another vacant plot. As before, we got a working party together to try and give the plot a bit of a makeover prior to arranging any viewings. We’ve written before on this blog about how plots are almost … Continue reading TLC for Plot 41
Urban Allotment: climate resilience & community 