Image My new plot, part 1 Last July, John moved from the allotments' Gardening Club to his own half plot. Here he charts his journey...
Image Summer Open Day Success More than 700 visitors enjoyed homemade cakes, bee talks and plants galore
Image Bee swarm creates a buzz It was the flight of the honey bees as a new colony formed on the allotments
Top tips for an eco-friendly plot There are many ways you can promote wildlife and help the environment
What did Northfields allotments use to look like? Plotholder Paul McConnell has been exploring historical sources to build up an idea of how the allotment once looked
Restoring a vintage shed A few years ago, Simon Coleman found an old shed at the south end of Northfields allotments. Here he explains what it took to restore it
Never on a Sunday While digging in the archives, Simon Coleman discovered that plotholders were once banned from gardening on Sundays
