Frome Allotments win Lottery Grant for New Facilities

Frome Allotment Association (FAA) has been awarded a grant from the Big Lottery Fund ‘Awards for All’ programme. ‘Cultivating Communities in Frome’, is the name of the project and it begins at the end of April. The funding will help FAA develop food-growing skills in...

Annual General Meeting: Recap and snapshots

Last week’s Annual General Meeting was packed to the rafters with members old and new. The meeting was led by Rick Anderson, as Neil Cameron was away due to a family bereavement. Things were kicked-off with a big thank you to the committee members and all the...

Message from Neil Cameron, FAA Chair, to Plot holders

I had a good walk around the Muriel Jones Field last week. We have some excellent plots on the site and it’s good to see that many members have made such great progress. However, the warm and wet weather of the last couple of months has made the grass shoot up. While...

Over-Wintering Broad Beans

I spotted these healthy over-wintering broad beans at Muriel Jones Field yesterday afternoon.There’s nothing quite like an Autumn sowing for ensuring an early crop next year. It will be interesting to see how they do over the winter. The plot holder has used an...