On a bright and sunny day, but a bit CHILLI 🌶 we joined up with the crew at springboard allotment. The chilli plants were harvested and trimmed down an re-potted for winter hibernation....I've taken one home 🏡 so stay posted on its well being Tomato and courgettes were picked as well as the remaining apples from the tree 🌳 The compost bins are coming on nicely with the additional rain 🌧 of late. The plastic greenhouse was emptied in readiness for it's dismantling in the future. We had time for a cuppa, cakes, biscuits 😋 and a lovely chat with plenty of laughter too. Food was donated to coffee tots cafe at the wave, and has been made into delicious pakoras, and a tasty curry mix to be stuffed into baby courgettes and a tasty wrap 😋.

Nigel and James joined the Team Springboard on a warm but overcast morning. We dug out one of the compost bins. Thus compost was used in one of the greenhouses to get ready for autumn 🍂 There was a lot of apples to be picked and graded into different containers. There was a lot of watering of the tomatoes and chillies. Esther picked a selection of vegetables , tomatoes, chillies and a box of apples 🍎 to be used at coffee tots café.

Nigel joined 6 members of the springboard team on a sunny 🌞 morning at the springboard "zen garden " First on the list was watering the greenhouses and pots. Followed by Weeding, planting seeds into pots, and picking a variety of tomatoes 🍅 courgette and cucumbers 🥒 😋 we also picked from the blueberry bushes, although small, they were delicious 😋 we also tried some sweet potato leaves 🍃 😋 lovely in salads to add a peppery flavour. We had a well deserved drink, chocolate brownies, biscuits and some paneer toasties, as well as a good chat to end the session... we also met a very thirsty dinosaur 🦕...

James and nigel joined the springboard team for a morning of watering all the plant's in the greenhouses and raised beds. We weeded area's as well as digging up the bed of potatoes 🥔 😋. We cultivated the elephant garlic. Some reaching over 6ft tall. We finished off with a drink, biscuits and cake, and a lovely sociable time in the sunshine under the Zen pergola.

Nigel 👍 assisted 4 members of springboard at this session During a week of extreme heat, todays cooler weather allowed for vital crop care. We deep-watered greenhouse tomatoes and chillies, as well as other plant's, and irrigated outdoor squash, leeks, and sweetcorn. Additionally, we potted up plants into larger containers with fresh compost, successfully reducing plant stress and promoting healthy root growth. https://www.goodgym.org/v3/profile/nigel-62158405-47ff-496f-b3ee-0a9b9f279b2c

Myself and James cycled to meet Esther at springboard allotment on a cool but dry Sunday morning. we worked on weeding an area, to get it ready for planting some potatoes 🥔 😋 we finished off the session with a well earned hot drink and biscuits.