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If you are wondering how the New Year can bring more happiness, health and satisfaction – get out the gardening books and start planning for the growing season. By thinking ahead, you will banish the winter blues and you will be prepared for the warming of the soil and the seeds going in.

More and more people are enjoying the benefits of ‘growing their own’ which includes healthy light exercise, saving money, a better diet, a great sense of achievement and something really tasty and fresh to enjoy as an end product.

The benefits are huge, but, for many people the barriers seem even bigger. No garden, very little time, no knowledge or experience, have young children, mobility problems?

If growing your own veg appeals to you but you don’t know where to start. Look no further. Whatever the barriers are, Stapleford’s local community allotment - Dig In - provide the chance to change all that.

Dig In is Stapleford’s very own community allotment, run by local people for local people. Based at the Albany Allotments site on Pastures Road, it offers lots of planting space, knowledge, experience, and the opportunity to get growing together in a friendly and helpful environment. It is open to all and it is completely free; all the tools, seeds, and everything you need to get gardening are provided, whatever your age or level of ability.

We have people coming to the site from a variety of backgrounds and with different levels of growing experience. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know where to start, volunteers help each other out and we all work together. We run regular Wednesday and Saturday sessions 10-12 at the site which are open to all to get involved.

Everyone who takes part gets to take something away with them. That might mean new skills to try in their own garden, or plants to grow at home on a patio, balcony or yard. To others it can mean new friendships and achievements and, of course, absolutely the freshest food around. So be quick off the mark for 2012 and get growing with Dig In.

Kathy Holmes - Dig In volunteer - 2012

Please also take a time to read Kathy's look back over 2011 at Dig In and the outlook for 2012 Click here

If you would like to come and find out what goes on at the Dig In Stapleford site then please get in touch via email or call us on 07943 700302 (mobile rates).