A letter was distributed last week by my daughters school. It including a mention of wanting more volunteers for their gardening project. Naturally, I was very keen to find out more and immediately contacted the school to offer help.
I visited the school, and, it seems that they have some quite ambitious, but very do-able ideas [...]
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Helping out the School’s “Allotment” project
Posted in my allotment, tagged allotment, compost, compost heap, cost-effective, growing your own, Head Teacher, orchard, polytunnel, Potager, project, raised beds, water butt on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been 7 weeks since I saw a man about an allotment….
Posted in my allotment, tagged allotment, currant, fruit, gooseberry, my allotment, plot, poles, raspberry, rectangular, site on March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
and today we went back to see him!
After various discussions and confusion about which plots were free (we were originally told we could have a particular plot because the lady couldnt manage it any more, only to find 3 weeks ago that someone had been working it.
After a call to the council (not particularly helpful [...]
I went to see a man about an allotment today
Posted in my allotment, tagged allotment, my allotment, no-dig on January 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Now that I have some more time on my hands, I felt the need to expand my vegetable growing empire. Unfortunately, with my vegetable growing ambitions, my small garden just isn’t enough any more.
All local authorities have some land put aside for allotment use, and allotment renting is more popular than ever. I therefore consider [...]