Prize Winners!

Congratulations to Tony Payne who, on behalf of Dig In, entered produce grown on the community allotment in the recent Stapleford & District Garden Holders Association show. Tony entered a melon in the 'Most Unusual Shaped Veg' section and a bunch of grapes from the polytunnel in the 'Any Other Fruit' category.

This is the first time our community grown produce has been entered in the competition, and to come away with a second and third prize is a fantastic achievement.

Clare has been very busy creating colourful new signs for our annual vegetable beds. Thanks to Chris for sourcing the wood and sawing it all! This is part of a movement to make the site and the growing plan easier for everyone to understand. Mary has drawn a beautiful map of the site which will be appearing on site shortly. Thanks Clare and Chris for all your hard work!

cook and eat 10th august

The rain stopped, and the sun came out, and the wind blew, for our summer cook and eat event today. We almost lost our new marquee! Lets hope we can fix the damage done by the wind.... A meal with an Indian feel was enjoyed by all - with Mary's courgette bhajis proving popular. We all enjoyed the blackberry and apple compote with yoghurt for desert. We have another cook and taste event for childminders next week. Getting to try all this lovely food is definitely a perk of the job!

There has been a lot of action on site over the past few weeks. Last weekend Pulp Friction was well and truly launched, and this weekend over 30 people learnt about bee keeping from Lee. The picture shows a number of "bee hotels" to attract solitary bees to the garden and a swarm of bees made from wool and plastic bags.

Mini Harvest

A selection of fruit and vegetables recently harvested at Dig In. After being a victim of convenience, eating tinned peas for many years, I had forgotten how good real peas, fresh from the pod tasted.

Photo kindly provided by © Claire Swain

Volunteers needed to help with events

Can you help to plan and deliver Our Apple and Pumpkin festivals? We need a small group of people who can give a bit of time to help organise or help at these events to make them as good as previous years.If you want to be involved let us know either through the blog or the Dig In enquiries email.

pulp friction launch

Pulp Friction have been working hard on site to create an amazing soft fruit growing area. A public event to launch and celebrate the project will be happening at Dig In on Saturday 23rd July from 10.00 -12.00. Some of the smoothie bikes will be in action, and there will be a chance to find out more about the project and the future plans. Everyone welcome.