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hard graft & some progress
It’s been a surprisingly busy few days. I reached out to a fellow allotment holder and neighbour to see if she was ok. Hadn’t seen sign of her for a while… She’s a former colleague in the fight to save … Continue reading
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future fruits..
Everything abounds at the allotment, though yesterday we were puzzled by the absence of the robin, who we suspect was off on some other plot searching worms on overturned ground. The main water connection has been fixed for all the … Continue reading
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new butterfly spotting: Small Tortoiseshell
Yesterday was cool and fairly grey. The winds came down but it was a nippy, unwelcoming day. After a slow start morning we did a quick tidy in the back growing patch – planting in three new plugs of artichoke … Continue reading
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update on the back patch
The woods group convened to work at great distance from one another the other day, and we got a lot of tidying and trimming accomplished, with bags already with the neighbour for the council’s green waste collection. Chris and Robert … Continue reading
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birds & butterflies
Although the mornings and evenings are cool in this first week of May, the days are returning to heat. We continue to live a little in fear of frost – which would wipe out our courgette and tomato planted into … Continue reading
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pond life & other updates
Life abounds in a dizzying degree of diversity. As usual, the robin rules the roost – and yesterday dive bombed me upon arrival, so close I could feel the swoosh of wind as it flew past my head. Maybe Robin’s … Continue reading
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April showers
And so it is that April has come and gone. A whole month locked down and house-bound most of the time. But even life behind bars offers visions of the delights of spring. One thing about this lockdown has been … Continue reading
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Citizen Science Calling You!
All around the world this weekend, a major citizen science project to document biodiversity will take place in over 200 cities. It’s so easy! We already updated a link about seeing a rare red damselfly on our plot (spotted earlier this … Continue reading
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Earth Day updates
22 April is Earth Day, and 2020 this marks fifty years of trying to draw attention to the beauty and biodiversity of mother earth. Fifty years of conservation efforts and trying to get human beings to value their environment, with … Continue reading
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after the rain…
After a slight rain on Saturday, life on the allotment exploded into life. The first signs of the broad beans I planted way back in March showed themselves, shyly but present nonetheless.
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Philosophising... 