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One thing will be Oca (Yams) which we loved and are growing again, quite popular in NZ I've heard.

That looks amazing!

Thanks, I'll definitely include those!

Thanks, definitely I've plenty of experience of speaking about things I don't know about when I was a scientist!

2. no dig methods!!!

I'll be going back through the timeline for sure.

Thanks Deb.

Thanks, good points, I'm making a list. I've hosted two visits to the allotment in previous years but I wasn't able to do that this year, I guess this is why I've been asked to do this, apart from guest speakers charging about £75 as opposed to getting bottle of wine.

Good points, actually the social side on the allotment site isn't great at the moment, but it looks as if it will improve under new management, as will hopefully the general standard of cultivation.

It'll be quite small and that wouldn't be possible, but I'd be happy to send you the slides with the headings.

DISMEMBERMENT!!!!!

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I used to give presentations on science in my earlier life so I should manage, I'm more interested in this stuff than I was in my protein structures which will certainly help.

Good suggestions, I didn't have enough words to write really, I will definitely also cover varieties that we find useful and what we do with it all.

A view of part of our allotments in summer with beds full of vegetables etc.

Instead of paying for a speaker who actually knows what they’re talking about, my gardening club wants me to give a talk about our allotment.
I thought I'd cover:
1. initial plot preparation
2. looking after the soil/dig methods
3. how we grow/what we grow.
It'll be fine, won't it? 😬

I was also going to go, but the sun disappeared here too, I'm making a few brief forays into the garden instead.

But you may see blackcaps feeding off the nectar, this is something that they do regularly on the mahonia flowers at the end of our garden at this time of year.

Welp, we're now in the "anything goes" phase of climate breakdown.

Soup with a bit of chilli, ginger, turmeric, cumin seeds, but most importantly smoked paprika.

Good, I like building almost as much as growing.

You could find allotment people to follow by pinning the Allotment life and Organic Gardening feeds to your home.

I guess that means that you'd like a lot of people to follow you and like your posts, I've been on here quite a while and I've got the impression that posting interesting content and following and interacting with people might work better than just asking people to follow you.

Sorry, we said goodbye to our 16 year old cat a few months ago, I don't think that we are going to get another, but I'm really happy about the little cat that regularly visits us at the allotment due to us having catmint growing and a pack of dreamies in the shed.

And so we all should be!

Thanks, but no thanks 😂

Oh, I see, but racists are fine people with valid concerns and absolutely beneficial to society and we're happy to have them supporting labour.

I actually don't understand what he's saying, I'm glad it's his mental gymnastics that's to blame and not me.

A red admiral butterfly sunning itself on a wooden post.

Making the most of the first sun for a few days at the allotment..
I hope this red admiral finds a safe place to hide away for the winter.
#AllotmentLife

This is what you've been missing! But the next couple of months will be posts about me spreading manure, so make the most of it now!

Like "Democratic" presidents establishing cop cities and ICE infrastructure.