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1st March 2010 Seeing how hopeless I have been at keeping an allotment blog up to date fills me with shame! On the other hand, I can tell you that the allotment itself has been a fantastic success. A success because we have produced many kilos of beans, mangetout, leeks, potatoes, turnips, rocket, cabbages, srpouts, couregettes, marrows, salads, radishes, onions and so on. A success also because the children, my partner Mary and I have all had plenty of exercise, fresh air, sunsets, drenching rain, and fun. We were incredibly lucky here in Wheldrake that an enthusiastic individual found the energy to create an allotment from nothing by negotiating the lease of land from a farmer. After a few hiccups the planning application was approved and hundreds of us got busy growing stuff. I know there are long waiting lists around York for every allotment plot in the city. Delivering leaflets on Scarcroft road last week, and round by the hospital and at half a dozen other locations around the city, I saw the enthusiasm there is all around for growing your own food. Long may it continue. We planted onions and garlic last November. While the snows played havoc with the Swiss chard, the onions and garlic just kept on growing slowly. We also dug over half the plot. Sooner or later though the work will begin again in earnest. That reminds me, we still haven't sorted out the strawberries ... ...
26 September 2008 The value of an Allotment This year has seen us managing an allotment plot for the first time ever. We joined the new Wheldrake Community Allotment Association. When we started we were uncertain as to whether we would successfully grow anything at all. The results have been beyond our wildest dreams. We haven't bought potatoes, onions, salad, beans, cabbages or courgettes for two and a half months and we still have enough potatoes to last us until after Christmas. Allotments are more popular than ever as people deal with the increasing cost of food and the environmental impact of food being carried back and forth around the globe. An allotment is a great way of saving money and CO2 emissions and as well as way of making new friends. The Community Allotment Association has transformed the village and it's the first new allotment site in York for decades. Hats off to those who have worked so hard to make it happen.
USEFUL L INKS
Published and promoted by Christian Vassie, 10 Blake Court, Wheldrake, York YO19 6BT
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