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Bargain seeds!

Posted in Allotment, Bargains/Free stuff, Greenhouse, Monty Don, allotmenteering, bristol, compost, gardening, horticultural therapy, organic, permaculture, self sufficiency, sustainability on June 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Wilko’s has an excellent sale on seeds, 75% off!
We went yesterday, it must be a popular place with allotment folk.  We saw 3 other plot holders hanging about in wilkos whilst we were there.
They also have 75% off of seed trays.  One of the other plot holders said soon they knock all the gardening stuff down [...]

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Vegetable stew

Posted in Allotment, Greenhouse, Rotavator, allotmenteering, gardening, organic on June 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Following on from our recent blogs, we had a ‘bored’ meeting today to pat ourselves on the back and review our progress between dec 06 and june 07.
 Here is a visual vegetable stew … for you ….
 Click on a picture to take a closer look….

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Rubbish? I cant believe it.

Posted in Allotment, Greenhouse, allotmenteering, bristol, compost, gardening, horticultural therapy, organic, permaculture, self sufficiency, sustainability on June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I just read keeners post Magic beans…..
Thats correct they are magical beans, they must be to have survived the sudden invasion of dreaded blackfly we have encountered.  Although im now pleased to say ladybirds are out in force on our plot feeding away doing there job. The thing is it seems, as the ladybirds are munching the blackfly [...]

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Proof: gardening can save society!

Posted in Allotment, Mental health, allotmenteering, gardening, horticultural therapy, mental illness on June 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I love this research study, published in the ‘International Society for Horticultural Science‘.
It is entitled Horticulture, well-being, and mental health: from intuitions to evidence.
From a review of the literature this article shows that many of society’s ills could be reduced by more people picking up a shovel.
Kuo writes:
“Can horticulture contribute significantly to human well-being and [...]

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Magic beans and is our allotment rubbish…

Posted in Allotment, Greenhouse, Mental health, Yoga, allotmenteering, antidepressant, anxiety, anxiety/panic, depression, gardening, horticultural therapy, organic, self sufficiency on June 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Hello!!
Its been a while. For various reasons… not least of which the glorious sunshine that we’ve been having…
I went through a phase where I thought the allotment was rubbish – ill thought out, poorly designed, inadequately managed and with low levels of staff skill (whoops sorry beener – me not you lol)!
Perhaps I was projecting [...]

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