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I can’t believe it’s been a whole year since we got our allotment! A LOT has changed over that time.
We were trying to do a Vegan Organic allotment. What it difficult? Find out how we did…
Continue reading “Our Vegan Organic Allotment – One Year On!”Hi everyone, quick allotment update. Sunshine all day today so we finished off the wood chip mulch under the apple trees.
As it’s taken us about a month to complete. Working slowly is good for my health and also the days have been short and the weather has been bad!
I thought now would be a good time to see if the mulch is working and compare the soil quality.
Continue reading “Allotment update – soil quality plastic v mulch”
The quest to impress the allotment powers that be continues. So, after a brief break for Christmas and New Year…
… we are back to laying wood chip and weeding.
This week on the new allotment we have been putting a wood chip mulch under the apple trees.
Given the time of year there isn’t much we can do to impress the allotment bosses in our six week trial.
Putting a mulch down under the apple trees is simple enough. It helps control weeds and it will feed the soil ahead of my brother’s wild flower lawn idea.
Continue reading “Chips away! A freebie wood chip mulch for our allotment”
After a while on the waiting list, we finally got an allotment this week. We have a six week trial period in which to improve the site and show a commitment to looking after it. Once that’s done it’s fully ours!
Given that it’s the middle of winter, we decided to start with maintenance rather than planting.
Hi all, exciting news for us! WE GOT AN ALLOTMENT!!
We don’t have much outside space at our house and almost no sun, so growing veg has been hard for us so far.
Now we have an allotment we plan on growing our own fruit and veg “stock free organic” style, aka vegan organic/veganic.
