Saturday 31st October 2020
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Report written by Martha Price
The rain didn’t put us off this morning and we headed to Royate Hill allotments for some Saturday fun.
We were met by Mike and Joci who gave us a tour and a very interesting history of the allotments right from the very beginning. We then divided into groups and got to work.
We moved paving slabs around the chicken pen and wheelbarrowed loads of crates full of compost and wood chip. Lots of heaving lifting and spreading later and the paths around the allotment are less slippy and good to go for the winter.
When we were finished, we were treated to some homemade apple juice from the trees in the orchard before we headed back home to get dry!
The orchard has a long history starting with winning a champain to keep the allotment site from turning it into a housing site. We are all volunteers who enjoy spending time outside and learning about gardening techniques based on permacuture principles. The coordinator of the project is Mike Feingold who oversees the two areas rented by the community project. We grow annual and perennial vegetables which we share with volunteers and community food groups. We also propagate plants, graft trees, make apple juice and other land-based educational activities. We run 2 monthly workdays where everyone is welcome to drop in with no prior experience expecting fom them.
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