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| Young Volunteers Dig for Victory In 2005, Almond Valley received a grant through the lottery "Home Front Recall" programme which allowed our young volunteers to recreate a war-time garden. The "dig for victory" garden in Charlesfield, celebrates the role of children in growing food during the second world war. The garden, measuring about 15 x 25 metres and enclosed with a traditional style of perimeter fence, features a large “tool shed”, (with taped windows and blackout curtains), a chicken coop, and a few rabbit hutches. An Anderson shelter will be built in the garden, using original corrugated iron sections salvaged from a local allotment. Cabbages, potatoes, carrots, turnips and other staple crops were grown in other areas of the garden (or eaten by rabbits)
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| 8th May: The sun is shining, the shed gets built, and everyone is happy |
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| 1st May: The wettest day for weeks and not even a shed to shelter in. |  |
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8th May: Unexploded bomb, or is it just a big rock? |
8th May: Fun with wheelbarrows and vibrating plates. |
| August: a tasty harvest | |
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| The project culminated in a “victory harvest” event, held in the end of August, when produce from the garden was used to prepare some strange wartime recipes. Following an appeal in the local press for original local recipes, we were able to authentically recreate such wartime delicaies as peapod soup, spam fritters, pathfinder pudding and mock apricot flan (made from carrots). | |
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Dates for Dig for Victory working parties in 2005:
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Goodies to download (as PDF files)
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| Click here to download a plan of the garden as a PDF |
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| 14th May: On sentry duty |