This innovative idea means that they can continue digging and tending the
vegetables and plants at their plot into the evening - traditionally a time
when young people are looking for things to do.
Enthusiastic groups of youngsters from Mexborough School and De Warenne
Academy in Conisbrough work on the allotment and regularly come up with
their own ideas for developing it. They grow fruit and vegetables and have
tended livestock such as chickens and rabbits and also have a chill-out
area for socialising. They have even produced home-made jams,
chutneys and pickles from fruit from their plot for bartering at market.
