Stepping Stones News Archive

 

 

Nicky's Allotment Report July 2009

I have been on the Allotment on Monday mornings with Viv and  have been growing  tomatoes, mangetout, peppers and marigolds. I also watered the plants and did some hoeing. I enjoy being on the Allotment. 

On our 2nd allotment we are growing  squash,  marrows, pumpkins and sweet corn. I recently used one of marrows to stuff with sausage meat which was very nice. We all did some fruit picking including red and blackcurrants, gooseberries and strawberries and we have made some jam for people to buy.  I bought some mixed fruit jam for my mum and Dad.  We picked loads of broad beans and peas for us to eat and I had some broad beans too.

We have moved our picnic bench to the next allotment under the apple tree and Angie’s flower border has a different mix of flowers.  

I looked up companion planting on the internet so we know what will work well with our plants next year. A few weeks ago the Thursday group took Sarah down to the allotment and  had a lovely  barbeque and did loads of fruit picking.  It was a nice sunny day.
 
 

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. 

In September we learned that we had 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!

Oct 2008
 
 

Green Fingers at  The BBC Garden Show

“We took part in the BBC Garden Show at the Forum, in April. All the students and staff worked hard growing plants to sell and making flowers out of plastic bottles. We chose photos to tell the story of the Green Fingers Allotment and got T Shirts printed. I looked round the show on the Friday with Sue. It was good and lots of people came to our stall. I also went on Saturday with mum and dad and we bought some chilli plants. I also talked to a lady about her animals.” Joe


“The show was organised by our friends Gary and Wendy at the BBC in Norwich. Kate and I counted how many plants we had to sell and put labels on the flowerpots. I sorted photos with Cameron and we decided how they should be labelled. I went to the show with my Hamlet Centre friends on the Friday and bought a Cosmos plant. Then on Saturday I went with mum, dad and brother. Mum bought a Shoofly plant and some marigolds. Mum and dad thought the garden show was brilliant. Some of us went to visit the other stalls to see what activities people were doing. Everyone enjoyed the show. We raised £70.” Nicky

July 2008

  
 

The Green Fingers Allotment Summer 2007

After deciding on the name for our allotment project we needed to design a logo. We hope you like it. We are still harvesting tomatoes, runner beans, spinach, courgettes and raspberries. We also have a picnic bench which makes tea breaks much more comfortable. It’s nice to be able to sit and chat round a table out in the sunshine. We still have a lot of work to do such as digging and organising the little shed, but we are amazed with what we have achieved so far this year. Thanks to Angie’s Dad for the Brassica seedlings.

In the meantime we have plenty of preserves for sale.      

 

 

  
Allotment Update
 

On 4th October the Service Delivery Team, from the Group Technology section at the Royal Bank of Scotland, abandoned the office and headed for the Stepping Stones Allotment, for an Away Day designed for team building and problem solving.

20 people were split in to 4 teams tasked with: clearing, levelling and preparing the base of a new shed, re-roofing and painting an old shed, preparing the ground and erecting the poly tunnel and clearing and digging as much of the remaining allotment as possible.

First things first though, everyone mucked in to clear away the debris that had accumulated after years of neglect. The arrival of the singing skip man from A&G Skip Hire proved to be the highlight of the day. It’s amazing how quickly a truck can be filled!

After lunch most jobs were well on their way to completion. The poly tunnel construction was a bit more complicated than first envisaged, so teams were rearranged and reassigned so as to complete as much as possible. Unfortunately the final stages of the poly tunnel construction had to be left for another day.

Cheese straws and lemon cake were provided by the students at Stepping Stones for an afternoon snack and were completely devoured with in minutes of their arrival. All in all the day was a great success.

Jon Rouse (Royal Bank of Scotland)

 		 

 

 

 

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