The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living25 Jun 2024

Is that a possum on the plot?

We had a lovely natter on a sunny plot - the sun is finally beating down on us!

We’ve become Wildlife champions with Wilderhood Watch in St Albans but what does that actually mean?

Karin’s little one spotted what she thought was a possum on the plot, but no, it was a Hedgehog ! So the whole family are now fully focused on operation hedgehog home building this week!

Are you going to Groundswell? We’ll be there on Wednesday 26th June and are so looking forward to meeting so many wonderful people and talk freely about compost and soil ALL DAY LONG without boring anyone!

Last week, we popped along to Folly Lane Allotment as part of Sust Fest's. We got a lovely tour of 3 carying plots insluding one focused on butterflies, one on apples and the 3rd on compost! We got to taste some Ashmead’s Colonel apple Juice!

We're also planning ahead; Johnson Su building, Hotbed creation and sowing for Winter!

This week Karin’s cooking up globe artichokes & potatoes and Vicky's eating raw peas fresh from the pod.

Wilderhood Watch

Wilder St Albans

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The Final Ep.

Our final episode! After two years of weekly chats, Karin and Vicky have loved sharing The Plot Thickens with you. They’ve built up a whole library of episodes together, and now it feels like the righ...

2 Sep 202521min

Pottering

Vicky has had her solo day on the allotment and made the most of it. Karin is planning how to reduce the work for the autumn, and is not sowing any more seeds this summer. This will be our penultimate...

25 Aug 202539min

Putting Beds to Bed

Whislt there's still lots of roots in the soil and food to harvest, we are turning our attention to the early autumn months and the plans afoot for how we will prep our plots for those winter months. ...

19 Aug 202522min

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12 Aug 202528min

Soil squad is expanding!

Vicky has had confirmation that the SoliSquad can expand laterally, doubling the potential for community composting.

5 Aug 202524min

Comfrey Tea Smells

Two tips from Karin this week; 1) It's not a good idea to put your comfrey leaves in your house water-butt, next to your back door.2) Place a cane at the root of your courgette or pumpkin plantA short...

29 Jul 202515min

Onion problems

Vicky has had problems with her ‘talk of the allotment town’ onions.

22 Jul 202532min

Groundswell 2025

Vicky took a trip to Groundswell again this year and indulged in 2 full days of soil talk. Join us for the high level debrief of the main take aways - mostly from guests in the Soil Medic Tent hosted ...

8 Jul 202541min