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31 Oct 2012
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Allotment organiser Elizabeth Dissley, 28, runs the allotment at weekends with her friend Katie Nezitt, 29. She describes the hard work involved in such a long-term project:

How did the allotment get started?

“It’s run by Fareshare, they take unused food and redistribute it to charities in and around Cardiff. The allotment idea had been in the pipeline for a while and we’d worked for Fareshare before and liked their ethos so we took it on. It’s been running for a couple of months, we’re there pretty much every weekend and people come down to help when they can.”

What stage are you at at the moment?

“At the moment we’ve got an area of about 400 square metres. We’re preparing the ground with equipment we’ve managed to beg, burrow or steal. We had a digger to turn the ground but it’s hard work. I think we were a bit naïve when we started, this ground hasn’t been used for over a year.”

What have you got planned?

“Well we’ll be leaving it for winter and creating a battle plan for what to grow. We’ll be growing the staple stuff; carrots, potatoes, broccoli, nothing fancy. It’ll be whatever you get in a standard roast dinner, only what’s east to grow, so that charities don’t have to purchase anything and they can put that money back into their own schemes. The mission at the moment is just to grow food!”

The allotment volunteers meet in Rumney most weekends and always welcome new volunteers. Contact Elizabeth Dissley for more details 07912747952.

The allotment will be laid down to basic foods

The UK based charity Fareshare is to tackle poverty in Cardiff with an allotment scheme.

Fareshare is committed to the redistribution of food and the new scheme is no exception, aiming to save local charities from having to purchase vegetables.

Each weekend a team of volunteers meet to work the land with the aim of growing wholesome roast dinner food and organisers Elizabeth Dissley and Katie Nezitt are currently turning the ground of the long unused allotment.

“It’s like a green gym,” said Elizabeth, “it’s a lot harder than you think it’s going to be.”

The ground is to be left over the winter while the plans are drawn up and they’ll be needing as many green-fingered volunteers as they can get for this promising venture.

Allotment organiser Elizabeth Dissley, 28, runs the allotment at weekends with her friend Katie Nezitt, 29. She describes the hard work involved in such a long-term project:

How did the allotment get started?

“It’s run by Fareshare, they take unused food and redistribute it to charities in and around Cardiff. The allotment idea had been in the pipeline for a while and we’d worked for Fareshare before and liked their ethos so we took it on. It’s been running for a couple of months, we’re there pretty much every weekend and people come down to help when they can.”

What stage are you at at the moment?

“At the moment we’ve got an area of about 400 square metres. We’re preparing the ground with equipment we’ve managed to beg, burrow or steal. We had a digger to turn the ground but it’s hard work. I think we were a bit naïve when we started, this ground hasn’t been used for over a year.”

What have you got planned?

“Well we’ll be leaving it for winter and creating a battle plan for what to grow. We’ll be growing the staple stuff; carrots, potatoes, broccoli, nothing fancy. It’ll be whatever you get in a standard roast dinner, only what’s east to grow, so that charities don’t have to purchase anything and they can put that money back into their own schemes. The mission at the moment is just to grow food!”

The allotment volunteers meet in Rumney most weekends and always welcome new volunteers. Contact Elizabeth Dissley for more details 07912747952.

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