Strawberries galore

For some reason, my strawberry plants have decided to produce loads of fruit this year. Six plants yielded about six strawberries throughout last year. Yesterday I collected a whole punnet from the same plants.

It's not the birds or slugs you have to worry about, it's eating them before you get home...

Happy birthday barbie

Allotment holders enjoyed a great Barbecue at the weekend to celebrate our first birthday - many thanks to all who contributed their time and effort. Great time had by all.

We've also had a delivery of compost, which will help enrich the soil in parts of the allotment.

We current have about six vacant plots - if you want one get in touch @ marcvjones [at] gmail.com

New plotholders celebrate a year of our allotment

It's a year since we started turning over our allotments and the progress has been amazing - there are about 15 sheds and a couple of greenhouses on site and each plot has its own individual stamp (admittedly some are tidier than others).
For a variety of reasons people decided to give up their plots, but the majority have persevered and developed on last year's work. The turnover in plotholders since last year was something of a concern initially but it's been great to have new people come on board in the past couple of months who have seized the opportunity with both hands.
As a way of introducing everyone to each other and celebrating our first year as a self-managed allotment, the association is holding a barbeque on Saturday, June 19, starting at 4pm. All plotholders are welcome to bring their families along.