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#allotmentlife

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Jo Rhodes

Was feeling this morning like we've been neglecting the community allotment this year. We've been short staffed and some of our regular volunteers have been unwell. I had a lovely afternoon down there potting up many things that had self seeded accompanied by lots of buzzing bees loving the lungwort and honey berry flowers. Now have many pots of strawberries, chives, foxgloves to pass on and lots of things are growing happily so all ok. 🐝🌱😃 #gardening #permaculture #Allotment #AllotmentLife

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Jo Rhodes

Got given a batch of very old fruit and veg seeds and done some germination testing (most have 50 - 70% germination rates which is pretty good). Thought I'd just plant these globe artichoke seeds and give them a try. Seeds are allegedly best sown before 2017. I soaked them for a few days in water and then put in a covered seed tray in my car to act as a mini greenhouse. 2 weeks later half have come up. It really does annoy me the hype from seed sellers that you must use new seeds - it is true for some veg but for most things it really isn't! For anyone concerned about where I'm going to plant a dozen globe artichokes which will grow into enormous plants.. will give most away through our #CommunityFridge and keep one. #permaculture #GrowYourOwn #Allotment #AllotmentLife

Close up image of two very small globe artichoke seedlings just emerging from soil in a seed tray of compost. Each seedling with two leaves which are bright green about 4 mm long and 3 mm wide.
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Eleanore Duncan

Hooray! After 4 years on the waiting list we have an #allotment and it is really lovely. We are fortunate that the previous tenants have left a quirky shed, a large fruit cage and a well structured plot. It's going to need lots of organic matter as it doesn't look particularly well cultivated and there's a fair amount of wasted space. Looking forward to putting our stamp on it. It is 5 minutes from home and near a national cycle route. #foodgrowing #slowliving #selfsufficiency #allotmentlife

Turquoise painted small shed decorated with metal ornaments in the shape of lizards. Also a water collection set up and bean poles.
A side-on view of the allotment showing a vibrant pink wooden bench and growing beds with frames and netting.
A makeshift cage using the frame of a pop-up gazebo. Also shows a cultivation area covered in black membrane.
Image focuses on a large fruit cage containing pruned currant bushes. The cage is covered with fine netting but has a larger netted area to allow small birds to enter for pest control.
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M.Paola

The process of identifying apples I find strangely intriguing, so that some days I spend considerable time on it, but also extremely frustrating... ie I certainly knew that apples, ripening in storage, change colour, but that a red apple would basically become a golden one? That I had not forseen. However, it made me realise what they mean when they say the hue of overcolour can be brown... fruitid.com remains an amazing tool #fruit #allotmentlife #apples #earlyautumn #horticulture

This apple I had thought might be Queen Cox. It's predominantly red since a young age. In the photo 3 young apples forming on the branch
Grown up, these apple remain predominantly ref. In the photo, three apples nearly ready for pucking, with skin heavily striped red
You can imagine my surprise when going back to storage to find them, they had disapoeared... the more similar I could find were predominantly golden, with some red stripes! In the photo, 4 apples on a table that respons to the description
Anither week is gone and now I can see that what looked like dark red has turned decidedly brown. The apples remain in any case predominantly golden. Two apples on a cloth, one showing the brown overcolour half the other one the yellow base colour half
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Hesperalis

Just look at that magnificent brush! I can just imagine how cosy my little mate will be curled up in her den with her nose tucked in.
As the growing season comes to a close I will be posting random photos of scenes from the allotment site, insects plants and stuff. #AllotmentLife
I'd love to see pics from your allotment or garden to see me through winter.

A fox walking across a raised bed. Her coat is beginning to thicken in preparation for winter and her tail is thick and bushy.
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M.Paola

Excellent news from the plot (@BroadforkForVictory). Management seems ok after I shared a brochure on what I am trying to do that I had prepared for the open day. They had some concerns on my reuse of compost bags, but asked me to explain, so I did: they are perfect to accelerate rotting of noxious weeds (except bindweed, which I drown in the butt for liquid feed). Every winter I empty the compost out and get rid of those bags that have started to degrade. #allotmentlife

Shot of my brochure, in plastic envelopes, hanging on canes by my shed. In Dutch it explains about my forest garden and some of the principles of agroecology
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