New Tool shed

David and John busy at work building a small tool shed made entirely from pallets. The shed is for one of our volunteers who has just acquired her own allotment site and has nowhere to store her tools. It will be walked down to the allotment and assembled on site.

Building a Pagoda for training fruit trees

Volunteers John and Sally diligently align fence posts to build a Pagoda to train fruit trees along. The posts are held in place with a small amount of postcrete and a lot of clay soil. They will then build a frame across the top and attach wires along the sides to espalier train apple and pear trees. 

Recycled Sleepers donated by Affinity Water

Dig Deep Volunteers putting sleepers into place to edge the pathways. The sleepers were kindly donated by Affinity Water along with some other very useful materials that we are currently recycling on the plot. An allotment is an ideal place  to recycle anything from old plastic drinks bottles as mini greenhouses to old carpets to keep the weeds down.

Bulb planting time

Dig Deep Volunteer Russell is braving the winds today to plant daffodil bulbs all around the site. We are awaiting a delivery of pink daffodils too, which should be interesting come the spring.

Dig Deep Volunteers help at South Oxhey Children's Centre

The dig deep volunteers have renovated this old sand pit at South Oxhey Children's Centre. The aim was to create some growing space for the children to learn about planting seeds and seedlings and eating fresh, home grown vegetables. Well done team!