A LOCAL group lists nine benefits of allotment gardening, or 'allotmenting,' as National Allotment Week takes place. The St Julians Allotments Association, based on Bank Street next to the Glebelands in Newport, have come together with local councillors to make the nearby allotments nature friendly to attract wildlife. According to NAS (National Allotment Society), the awareness week, which runs from August 12 to 18, was created to showcase the sustainability and health benefits of these plots.
Kevin Main, secretary of the St Julians Allotments Association said: “It’s great to have a specific Allotment Week, that helps to promote and focus the benefits of allotment gardening for everyone, irrespective of their age, culture, faith, gender or ability. “Here at St Julians we are a multicultural group of ‘Plot Holders’ with just one aim and that is to grow tasty fruit and Veg and beautiful flowers.” Meryl Jones, treasurer for the St Julians Association, outlined what she calls the "9 joys of allotmenting": "Fresh Air "Seasonal Fruit and Veg with minimal use of "Being part of a United Nations allotment site with many diverse cultures, methods and ideas but all with the same objective.
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.that is to grow the first bean of the season or the biggest pumpkin "The Vagaries of the growing season..
..and never ever knowing what will grow and what will fail through our unpredictable weather.
"The taste of your new potatoes straight from the ground...
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.especially on your Chris.