As Clara ran down to the task yesterday she smugly thought to herself 'Wow, I've been so organised about this evening and I'm really on time today' and then this was immediately followed by the realisation that she had forgotten the only thing she needed to remember - the allotment key. After a very frantic sprint home powered by some very loud grime music she made it a mere 8 minutes late... sorry guys.

Charlotte, Hristo and Nadi were ready and waiting and we joined Ruby, a vision in pink, soon after to head to the allotments. Ruby figured out how to work the key and we were soon inside ready to get going.

Our task this evening was to plant cabbages and luckily Julia, from the Single Homelessness Project, had sent really detailed instructions. We got the tape measure out and Charlotte, Hristo and Nadi set to planting the cabbages (exactly 45 cm apart), watering them and then protecting them with a plastic cloche. Ruby did a great job mulching the strawberry beds and we had a go at weeding the other beds.

It’s great to see how much progress has been made at the allotment since our recent task planting the apple trees. Hopefully we will be back before too long!