Good companions on the plot
Good companions love to be together. In the plant world a good companion can be worth it’s weight in gold. Companion plants usually provide some kind of service to another …
Gail Force Winds For Storm Corrie
Storm Corrie is nothing to do with the long running soap that is filmed in our City of Salford. It is however the fourth storm of 2022. Following on the …
Weaste thoughts turn to food poverty at a time of feasting
Food poverty has been hitting the headlines in the last two years. At the allotment it is getting close to harvest time for the Winter food favourites and many are …
Sign of Spring as the snow arrives
Snow next to the snowdrops which have popped up early with a mild winter. Mother nature has her own ideas about what should happen when. A flower that has been …
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 …
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. …
Spring is in full flow as taps go metric
There are signs of spring everywhere, but not unwanted ones from the taps this time . A number of plot holders have struggled to use the standpipes around the site …
Scout bee waggle dancing in Weaste
Scout bees are part of the colony that has over-wintered. They lay low until the warmer weather arrives. This little fellow was spotted by a plot holder. It may just …