I spent the weekend at Norwich’s Grapes Hill Community Garden (http://www.grapeshillcommunitygarden.org/), clearing bindweed, roots and litter and cutting back Buddleia to make the garden ready for next Sunday’s Tree Planting. Following work by over twenty enthusiastic volunteers, including members of Norwich Community Green Gym, we are now ready to plant trees. We will buy our [...]

The snow has gone, thankfully and I’ve been able to work on the allotment again.  I can’t do much but on a couple of frost free days I’ve pruned the fruit bushes and trees, a task to do in January or February. I started with the soft fruit – autumn raspberries, blackcurrants, gooseberries and redcurrants [...]

I can get hold of these tanks free of charge, there is a charge for delivery but one of our site team members has a trailer and is very reasonable with his delivery charges. If you are struggling for water collection on your allotment please get in touch they have worked fantastically for us at [...]

This new market is proving very popular and a great place to meet a Master Gardener. bev farmers market2nov10web.JPG (76 KB)

Pumpkin Soup Ingredients: 1kg pumpkin – 600-700g of pumpkin flesh 2 shallots – finely chopped 50g butter Vegetable stock cube Single cream, grated Parmesan cheese, croutons to serve Method: 1) Fry the finely chopped shallots in the butter. 2) Add the pumpkin flesh and 1⁄2 a glass of water. 3) Cover the pan and let [...]