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First there was recycling, then upcycling and now I have upside-down recycling.
Water collecting doesn't need to be back breaking when you've got an old brolly and a container.

Colin Ashton
Mar 17, 20242 min read
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Confessions of an Allotment Secretary: The magic of garlic powder
No wonder I've never seen a Vampire on Alan's plot.
Helen Taylor
Mar 3, 20243 min read
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Evolution of an Allotment
From an overgrown plot to a pristine growing area. Here's what we did on pot 29.
Helen Taylor
Mar 3, 20241 min read
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To dig or not to dig as the great man said or something along similar lines.
By Colin Ashton. I fall into the NO DIG group but I'd prefer to call it minimal soil disruption which is a real mouthful and doesn't have...
Helen Taylor
Nov 12, 20233 min read
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Attacked by slugs.
By David Fisher. Well, what were your potatoes like this year? Was this typical of your crop – attacked by slugs? We usually grow at...
Helen Taylor
Nov 12, 20231 min read
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