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ON YOUR PLOT

JULIE ROWLANDS FROM BLACKWOOD, CAERPHILLY

Who do you share your plot with?

Our son Gareth Rowlands, daughter Catherine Ward and her husband Craig, mum Jean Skyrme and grandchildren Jac Rowlands and Megan Ward.

When did you take the plot on?

We took on the plot at the end of 2017 when it needed a lot of work. Since then we’ve worked on it together regularly, often for whole days with picnics and fun. Megan, who is two years old, first visited when she was a few weeks old so has been brought up as an allotmenteer. Jac, who is 11 years old, has been helping out from the start and is proficient at lots of allotment tasks and also decorates

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