Celebrity Spotting!

We Dig Deepers were up close and personal with ASCEND's Patron Gareth Malone who was at the Awards day celebrations last Thursday. Our stall was fantastic with lots of Dig Deep produce for sale. We made a whopping £35 that will go back into the Dig Deep Kitty and maybe pay for a new wheelbarrow or something similar. Gareth was a great sport and joined in the drumming workshops and presented the awards. Well done to all the Volunteers who received an award recognising their City and Guilds work so far. Here are volunteers Frances (centre) and Manda (right) with Gareth.

Also, Dig Deep Volunteer Manda was at the Edible Garden Show at Alexandra Palace back in March and met up with Kew-trained botanist, BBC science presenter & obsessive foodie grower James Wong. We love what James does and have enjoyed planting some of his own brand seeds at dig deep. 

Awards Day Preparation

Today is ASCEND's Awards and Celebration day. We have a stall with homemade elderflower cordial, nettle and mint tea, bunches of herbs, fresh Strawberries, raspberries and cherries, not to mention a whole host of seedlings and seeds offered up for a suggested donation of £1 or 50p. Here we are in frenzied preparation:

New picnic area at Dig Deep

We thought we'd christen the new picnic area behind the cob oven today as volunteer Frances kindly brought in a home made Victoria sponge and decorated it with strawberries from our allotment. Volunteer Andy saw the area of weeds and came up with the picnic area idea, thank you Andy!

Focaccia cooking at Dig Deep

This Thursday we fired up the cob oven again to cook up a batch of focaccia bread. They were expertly made by Lucy from GE capitol (here with her team for a corporate day) and volunteer Sally. Russell helped me to man the oven and make sure they didn't burn!! 

Here is the recipe:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/focaccia_08389