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5 butternut squashes, 5 sweet dumplings and 4 acorn shaped pumpkins.

Squashes and pumpkins have been amazing this year - all this from one plant per variety.

Johnson and Cummings’ secret meeting with Palantir founder revealed Non-disclosure of apparent meeting a year before firm won NHS role raises serious questions over transparency

Johnson and Cummings’ secret meeting with Palantir founder revealed

Marks & Spencer food chief calls for ‘concrete target’ on British produce Alex Freudmann says ministers need to increase proportion of food eaten in UK that is grown or reared in Britain

Call for drive for more local produce - I support this, to focus Government, especially local Governments, if nothing else www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Large bunches of purple grapes reading to be harvested in a few weeks.

Not quite ready - but looking forward to eating these grapes.

A rare and beautiful capture of Migaloo, a well-known brilliant white humpback whale. It was reportedly the only white albino whale in the world until an all-white calf had been sighted just a few years ago.

Post-Brexit licences for exporting food to EU cost UK firms up to £65m last year Government to promise it will scrap existing scheme by reaching new deal with Brussels in next 18 months

Post-Brexit licences for exporting food to EU cost UK firms up to £65m last year.

Brexit has brought higher business/household costs, loss of exports and jobs.

In the Trumpian trade wars, the UK must forge closer relationship with Europe. Rejoin the EU.

Ofwat probes payments to water bosses after Yorkshire row The regulator, which is due to be abolished by the government, has written to water companies to investigate whether they have paid executives via offshore vehicles, Sky News learns.

OFWAT probes exec pay at water companies. Yorkshire Water bypassed rules, paid execs through offshore parent company.

Govt was told legislation was weak.

Why was govt/Ofwat not proactive?

End the cat-and-mouse games. Nationalise water. Let customers and employees vote on exec pay.

New Senate Report Details How Private Equity 'Devastates' Hospital Systems | Common Dreams US Senator Chris Murphy exposes how private equity firms destroyed hospitals in his home state.

US Senate Report Shows Private Equity 'Devastates' healthcare.

Squeezes the life out of hospitals and doctor's offices,

High debt, staff cuts, asset-stripping, profiteering, low quality care

PE expanding in UK, owns hospitals, GP surgeries, care homes; cataract, hip/knee replacement surgeries.

#allotmentlife #homegrown

Black kumquats which are black and red when ripe. All whole tray full to use in other recipes.

Two jars of tomato relish cooling down and to be stored away.

Just made a batch of tomato relish - what a new taste sensation. Thank you @lesleebarron.bsky.social for the inspiration and recipe. Used my black kumquat tomatoes for the recipe and already made cheese and relish toasties. Delicious!

The energy transition is in full swing. Renewables have now surpassed fossil fuels as #1 for energy investment.

2025: Renewables investment to hit $780B
Last decade: Renewables up 109%
Grids & storage up 44%
Energy efficiency up 42%
Electrification up 131%
Oil down 34%, gas down 19%
Coal up 13%

Thank you some much ❤️ will make a batch this weekend.

A number of different Apple varieties being grown. Looking forward to tasting them.

These are a variety called Sussex a pink grape which are lovely and sweet. Good for just snacking on.

Grapes and apples have done so well this year. Cannot wait to pick the apples next month.

Thank you that would be lovely. Making lots of tomato soup from them and the black varieties will be dehydrated.

A variety of home grown tomatoes from red, orange to black.

Eating a rainbow #homegrown #allotment

Lots of chilli plant of different all fruiting and ready for harvest

My sea of chillies - the only thing lovely this heat!

Harvest of white, pink and black currants ready for jam making.

First harvest of chickpeas. Small green pods that contain either one to three chickpeas inside. Takes a lot time to pod them. Will be going straight to the freezer.

This weekend’s harvest - first batch of chickpeas harvested and a massive amounts of currants. Podding and jam making has started. #Allotment

2 trays of garlic drying off with one basket of red onions.

Elephant garlic and onion harvest. The most disappointing harvest ever!! Elephant garlic only half the size. Onions for the first ever impacted by onion fly and had to get rid off quite a few plants. Anyone else had issues with their garlic and onions? Any tips for next year? #allotment

A variety of chillies enjoying the heat - looking forward to harvesting them.

Aubergine and hyacinth beans growing at a steady pace.

A very productive strawberry season on our strawberry wall. Canna bags used in the gutters.

Courgette (yellow and green varieties) with cucumber planted in between and a row of fenugreek.

Allotment photo update on this scorching day. #allotment #gardening #Canna

Reform is a Limited Company

Farage owns 53%

It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit”

It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget

It wants to privatise the NHS

& invest in fossil fuels

Close the BBC

& break International law

It’s a scam

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Green Chickpea plants which had leafy fern like leaves.

Chickpeas are doing well even with the lack of rain. #allotment

‘Catherine’s Rose’. Named for HRH Princess of Wales by the RHS.
Bred by Harkness Roses.
A contribution from the sale of Catherine’s Rose will go to The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. #roses 🌱
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Catherine’s Rose: the Royal Horticultural Society has named a rose, bred by Harkness Roses, after the Princess of Wales to celebrate the healing power of nature and the role spending time outdoors plays in supporting our mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing.

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

A private equity firm just bought £1.6 BILLION worth of the NHS Assura has sold NHS buildings to a US private equity giant, making £1.61 billion from infrastructure that we should own

A private equity firm just bought £1.6 BILLION worth of the NHS.

It will make bigger profits by hiking rents for hospitals and NHS facilities. Previous govts privatized the estate.

That means less money for frontline healthcare. NHS already drained by PFI and private contractors.

How Brexit, a Startling Act of Economic Self-Harm, Foreshadowed Trump’s Tariffs Britain’s decision to leave the European Union in 2016 was sold to voters as a magic bullet that would revitalize the country’s economy. Its impact is still reverberating.

Brexit was greatest act of economic self-harm as
U.K. sanctioned itself.

But our idiocy got Trumped with 🇺🇸 tariff rollercoaster.

Nationalist fantasies end in economic pain.

Time to choose: stability/security with Europe or race to bottom on Tump rollercoaster ride?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/w...

Plums, pears and apple trees in blossom.

New Orchard planted, the trees are blossoming. Hopefully, something to harvest later in year. #allotment

Pink and orange tulips in bloom.

Tulips flowering at the allotment, lovely array of colour. #allotment

The world has changed. Time to re-join the EU! Debate on Monday 24 March, Westminster Hall. Tell your MP to be there! A Westminster Hall debate on an e-petition calling for the UK to join the EU is scheduled for Monday 24 March 2025, from 4:30pm. The debate will be led by Paul Davies, Labour MP for Colne Valley. The ...

The seismic shift in geopolitics makes re-joining the EU imperative. Please urge your MP to attend the debate on March 24 and speak up on behalf of all sane citizens!
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