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
As well as the new mini Food Forest on the project plot, we have a Community Orchard on site, so there are plenty of gorgeous blossoms around at the moment. Community Orchard Mini Food-Forest All the trees (with the exception … Continue reading Blossom Report
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
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.
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
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!
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
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
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
The cobwebs acted as pretty effective mist-catchers this morning… Continue reading Definitely Autumn
Urban Allotment: climate resilience & community 