Would you like to help researchers at the University of Sheffield understand the sustainability of allotment gardening? Would you be willing to keep an allotment diary for a year? The picture below shows the sort of information they’re after. If you are interested, or you’d like to find out more, please contact Miriam at mcdobson1@shef.ac.uk. […]
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Jill, Alistair & the Greenhouse Team had another very successful plant sale on 12-13 May. Thank you to everyone who helped with setting up, selling and tidying up afterwards and to everyone who shopped. So successful was the sale, that we completely sold out of most varieties of cucumbers, courgettes and squash, plus spinach, leeks,
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The RHS has just published a report called “Gardening in a Changing Climate”, in which it brings together the latest scientific evidence and sets out the likely implications for gardeners. Climate change is already happening, affecting weather patterns around the globe. 2016 was the hottest year on record – the second and third hottest were
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It’s free and it’s fabulous – now’s the time to make leaf mould. Chiswick is blessed with lots of street trees and they are now starting to drop their leaves with the approach of winter. This week, I’ve taken my first bags of leaves collected from my street to the allotment. Leaf mould is
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13 of us were treated to a fascinating talk by Darren Lerigo of Modern Mint on Saturday 7 May. The subject was water – its changing role in gardens and how we can better deal with having too little & too much. It was entertaining, informative and thought provoking. Darren started with a few facts.
