Green Fingers is our award winning allotment project, set up by Stepping Stones in
Autumn 2006. We currently have two adjoining allotment sites in
North Norwich, where students and staff grow a variety of vegetables,
fruit and flowers.
We make good use of the produce in our kitchen at the centre. It's
great to have freshly picked, locally grown vegetables for our lunch.
We also make jams and chutneys.
Our Green Fingers Win - Again!
The Green
Fingers Allotment has had a great year. Back in July we were
awarded first prizes for Best Allotment and Best Newcomer in the Norwich
in Bloom Summer Competition, sponsored by Notcutts.
This week
we learned that we have also won the title of Best Special Needs Garden
in the Anglia in Bloom competition. To top it
all, we have also won the title of Tallest Sunflower in the Norwich in
Bloom competition. The sunflowers were sown by Kate and Nicky and
we all helped in feeding and watering.
Our hard work has
certainly paid off this year. Well done to everyone!
September 2008
I
sowed some French Marigolds and chilli peppers in the
early spring. I used modules and seed trays to germinate them. I filled the
modules and seed trays with compost and made small holes to put seeds in. I
put one seed in each module and covered it with compost and stood them in
some water. I sprayed the pots with water and then labelled them with
the name and date on. I put them on the window ledge so the light
could get at them. We have also been sowing tomatoes, sweet peppers,
broccoli, broad beans, peas and mangetout. We are experimenting with
growing salad leaves in polystyrene troughs in the poly tunnel too.
Cameron
