Day 1 - In The Beginning...

25th September 2020. 

Deep in the throes of “Pandemics”, “Lockdowns” and “Restrictions” we took tenancy of the “Haven”, although to be honest that name was to come much later. Right now it looked like a muddy desolate field full of tough grass and brambles - and very much not any kind of “Haven”. 

However, right there in front of us, was what we asked for: an opportunity to grow our own food, get active, get outside and be creative. A chance to build something together, grow a relationship, maybe build a different kind of community by meeting people, experience something different and new and adventure into the unknown.

The Allotment itself a piece of land some 11m x 10m. In the picture this is represented by the boundary of the road (where the picture was taken from), down to (but not including) the greenhouse, and across about 2m to the right of that Rosemary bush and then back to the road, left of the weed patch ¾ up the picture top right.

It was to be at least two weeks later before we visited again as we acquired the necessary basic tools to start the “long dig” into winter...

More in the next blog.