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Category Archives: Soil
Emergence on Planet Earth……..
Another fantastically sunny day in Canterbury and what better than a good work out down the allotment. No plans to sow or plant anything today but still had a big area of ground in the middle of the plot that needed to be … Continue reading
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Here comes the science bit……..
Picked up my delivery of Biochar this morning. One free 1.5kg bag for agreeing to take part in the http://www.bigbiocharexperiment.co.uk/ and another 10kg bag from making a £40 donation through http://www.peoplefund.it/oxfordbiochar/ a crowd funding website that was linked from http://www.energyshare.com/. Plan to get down the … Continue reading
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All Strung Out………
A mild Saturday morning in January and it’s time to get back to laying the ground work at the allotment if we’re going to be ready to start planting our veggies this coming spring. After a brief chat at the … Continue reading
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Can You Dig It Part 2/Strange Fruit……..
Well the weather is certainly turning colder now. There was even a flurry of sleet and snow Friday and the car has been a ice cube in the mornings. These things however are not going to deter me from my … Continue reading
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Can You Dig It………
Well, I’ve finally got round to getting down to my plot to start digging over the soil and getting it into some sort of shape ready for planting in Spring next year. Thought I’d left it too late as the … Continue reading
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Got it covered……….
Although we have not been down to the plot to do anything this week we have been able to progress with the website. We have the first gallery sorted which shows a few shots of the allotment as it was a … Continue reading
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