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Welcome to the 'Digging for Health' blog, a record of the development of a social enterprise project supported by Engage UnLtd and Age Concern, Dorchester, UK. We have been allocated a community allotment (thanks to the Volunteer Centre, Dorset), which is very overgrown and run down. This blog will provide a history of the development of the allotment, as we return it to a fully functioning and productive resource that aims to not only produce vegetables but also raise social capital (what's social capital?...read the blog!). This blog belongs to Fran Biley. This views expressed here are his, and he takes full responsibility for them. They may not represent the views of the organisations that are mentioned here.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Here comes the shed...


If there is one thing that an allotment has to have, its a shed. And we've just ordered one, due to be delivered on March 7th, so we are going to have to crack on and get the base prepared. Briefly, the shed will be 8 x 6 ft, the biggest we are allowed to have according to the allotment association. Its made of sturdy log-lap and will be painted green. Security may be a problem, so I've ordered the shed to have toughened glass in the windows (better than perspex that just shatters) and that will be covered in a heavy metal grill. In addition all the hinges and locks will be bolted into place, rather than screwed. The base is likely to be paving slabs laid on level ground, perhaps gravel, raised on 2x1 tanalised wood laid on top of the slabs. Slowly but surely its all coming together. In an ideal world I'd like a shed like this, isnt it lovely!:

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