Time to catch up and clear up
January is a time to catch up and clear up. This year not a person to person catch up as pandemic rules don’t allow. A catch up on those tasks …
Winter Weaste land more water and wood
The year 2020 comes to a close and the Winter weather draws in. Road chipping has arrived and is being used to fill the potholes at the gate. It is …
Water Channelling and Skipping
Weaste try to channel as much of the water that falls on the allotment to tanks and butts. Roof spaces on the community hut, lock-up sheds, greenhouses and plot holders …
Weaste not afraid of no wasps
A swarm of wasps spotted on the side of netting at a plot sent shivers down many spines. However here at Weaste we have Community Hives of honey bees tended …
Nobody here but us chickens
“Ain’t nobody here but us chickens” was a 1946 Louis Jordan song we thought may be sung as Covid-19 appeared in March and then lock-downs were announced. Would we be …
About face – masks and sunflowers
Face mask donations appear courtesy of a plot holder in the Community Hut. We are all getting used to wearing masks whenever we shop or are in a communal area. …
Road surface improvements more chippy less slippy
Another item from the last Committee meeting was road surface improvements for the West part of the ring road in the allotment. At the moment the roads or parts of …
Where there’s muck there’s … work to be done
There is always work to be done around the allotment site. The Rule of Six came into operation at the beginning of the month it meant we could feel comfortable …