Ardwick Climate Action have a couple of allotment sites. One with the university and another with a local Scouts group. Today, we had a "Patch Party" to clear up the allotment in time for the coming growing season.

Doing the work and supervising the scouts was a full time job. Most of us got started with removing weeds from the raised beds before splitting up to more specific task. One person built a very colourful bench, Abigail and Dan we weeding around the trees, many plants were planted including leek and lettuce.

I was charged with building an additional compost bin, with a couple of trusty helpers for the task. Using pallets and stakes to put it in place, there was lots of drilling to hold it together and sawing to remove any extra bits sticking out. The final finish looked great, and a good job as it was needed straight away for the fresh weeds and green waste to add to it. We also divvied out the overflowing branches and leaves from the compost bin next door to give it a chance. After all that, the compost/soil in the bottom of one of the compost bins was perfect to use, so I dug that out for it to be spread on many of the raised beds.

Productive morning and really good workout. Hopefully the scouts and make good use of the space and raised beds, and some of them managed to take a potted raspberry or strawberry plant home to grow.