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  1. My friend's little allotment was looking much as I had left it on Tuesday (So much for my visiting everyday, eh?! 😊). On first looks I didn't think the leeks I sowed (23/04/26) were showing yet, but on closer inspection.. 🙌 #allotmentgardening #allotments #gardening #vegetables #leeks #kent #england

  2. My somewhat less-than-impressive first crop of sweetcorn from the allotment 🙂 Only just over half the cob fertilised, but I'm not too surprised as only six plants made it past the slugs to flowering. Rather anaemic looking too, but they tasted okay👍 #Sweetcorn | #Allotments #VegGardening | #Kent #England

  3. It shan't be long now before I try harvesting our modest crop of sweetcorn. I count four plants making it to fruiting. I'm too tired now to look back and see how many I planted, but it was more than this, I'm sure 😊 #Sweetcorn #AllotmentGardening #VegGardening #Allotments | #Kent #England

  4. Angela #Rayner: Hands off our allotments

    #ToxicLabour

    We call on you to stop any further #sell-offs of our precious #allotments and to reverse any sales that can be reversed.

    Listen to local people.

    Once allotments have been sold off, they are lost forever.

    weownit.org.uk/act-now/hands-o

    #Labour #gardening #food #DemocracyNOW #PeopleNotProfits #bastards

  5. Two familiar critters seen on my short trip to the allotment this evening. A Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) 🐞 and a Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) 🦋 #Ladybirds #Ladybugs #Butterflies #Allotments #Kent #England

  6. Dear Hardcore Friends, 🖤

    Good news:

    - People are good. With Big #Hearts. More often than not. Given a chance ❤️
    - Bougher... or is that Power hungry are very often knot. And can get knotted if rotten to the roots 👅
    - War has been declared #illegal. Oh wait that was, is and remains the #MLK #Peace Dream 💤
    - Woke up younglings are the Peaceniks, #anarchists and agents of #changelings 🏴 🕶️ 🥰
    - Offal is not awful [#lobster top tip for failed #frugal vegans] 🦞

    and now for #3good things

    1. Me. I am a very good thing. Almost #excellent if not better or battered 😉

    2. It is #Spring in London and the bunnies will be hopping and #hoping through the #garden #allotments 🐰

    3. Three is a magick number. #Bless you All. Go in Peace and 'be most excellent to each other'. 🌈 🦖 👻 💌

  7. Dear Whinging Friends, ​:ablobcatbongokeyboard:​
    As we in the UK (allegedly) know, 'musn't grumble'. Maybe we should a little more?
    - Brexit? Bet you can't eat three? Eh wait that is wheatabix, readybrex, shredded wheat/wit? Something tasteless with added sugar rush?
    ​:ablobcatpopcorn:​
    - The
    #weather is now so #unpredictable we can talk about it and whinge even more. Result!
    - We are now
    #bank ruptured. Oh the #humanity

    Easy to be a whinge bag.
    #Fortunately we have some of the #brightest minds in the IMPerial Empire of little In-gland:
    - Pubic [sic] transport run by runner haz beans...
    - Schools making way for Pink Floyd, 'We don't need no education, Teacher leave them kids alone'.
    #Sum mishtake surely.
    -
    #Food #grown in #inns and out of hunger #allotments 🥬

    Expect more surprises. As they happen, mostly by accident...
    ​:ablobcatmaracasevil:​

  8. Not looking too promising

    Predicted level for River Trent to go over 5m at Colwick lock by Thursday morning. That’s higher than we’ve ever known it. Some allotments are going to be under water and not just allotments

    check-for-flooding.service.gov

    #RiverTrent #TrentValley
    #Nottinghamshire #flooding
    #Colwick #StokeBardolph
    #BurtonJoyce #riverLevel
    #allotments

  9. The first two bottles of apple juice this season.

    Making apple juice has proven the best way to manage a glut of apples. We have two trees, this is the smallest tree but bears the larger apples. I think it's a James Greaves.

    The othe tree (not shown) is a Sunset. That one seems a little poorly this year.

    #HomeProduce #AppleJuice #gardening #allotments #NoAddedSugar

  10. Making potions. Horsetail tea for magnesium deficiency and hopefully, tomato blight control. 🤞
    #allotments
    #growyourown
    #naturalAmendments

  11. Three flowers that happily self seed on my plot. Aren't they just lovely?
    Cornflower, nigella and oxeye daisy.
    #allotments
    #allotmentFlowers

  12. Three flowers that happily self seed on my plot. Aren't they just lovely?
    Cornflower, nigella and oxeye daisy.
    #allotments
    #allotmentFlowers

  13. Three flowers that happily self seed on my plot. Aren't they just lovely?
    Cornflower, nigella and oxeye daisy.
    #allotments
    #allotmentFlowers

  14. Three flowers that happily self seed on my plot. Aren't they just lovely?
    Cornflower, nigella and oxeye daisy.
    #allotments
    #allotmentFlowers

  15. Making a few jars of rhubarb and vanilla jam using fresh rhubarb from the plot and pectin made from crab apples. Delicious.
    #allotments
    #simplefood
    #GrowYourOwn
    #rhubarb

  16. This is FANTASTIC.

    I'm a deep believer in creating small, self-sufficient and sustaining communities, especially where #food is concerned.
    (Small is Beautiful by E F Schumacher is a #MustRead #book

    This leadership from #NewYorkCity is something to be admired.

    Giving the local #community more #ownership and #sovereignty over the means of #production has so many fabulous benefits:
    - Benefits #ClimateAction / #ClimateChange by reducing #FoodMiles
    - Benefits local #people by reconnecting them with the food on their plates
    - Supports the #Local #Economy by keeping wealth & spending in the local area for the benefit of local #business

    #Bristol (where I live now) is a city of #UrbanFarms and #allotments. It's staggering, actually, how much production capacity there is here. And I'm proud of it.

    However, we must also be attentive to the #equality and #equity issues. #LocalSourcing can come with a price premium (local carrots here can cost 4x supermarket versions from the other side of #Europe).
    Local production must come with local affordability too. That's a redline for me...

    Finally, this level of #system change must be, surely, a great example of #SocialMarketing / #SocMar in action!

    nextcity.org/urbanist-news/we-

    Hey @BrentToderian - did you see this?

  17. Rapidly approaching the time to get out some dahlia tubers and get them into growth in order to take cuttings. The bulk of the tubers will not be started until the end of the month, but by taking cuttings I can get new refreshed plants.

    #gardening
    #allotments
    #dahlias
    #underthefloralspell
    #CheerUpMonday

  18. Good morning. Today I will be planning what flowers I will be growing this season. Allotments allow you to grow not just veg you can't buy in the shops, but also gorgeous flowers which attract the pollinators and soothe the soul.
    #allotments
    #growYourOwn
    #poppy
    #cutFlowers
    #UnderTheFloralSpell