Originally posted by bazzaboy
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Any thoughts? bb.
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Every thought of having an allotment?
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It’s “National Allotment Week” and in this era of the Internet and social messaging allotments are changing. Increasingly they’re being taken over by a younger set who are quite health-conscious, eager to benefit from cheap fresh organic food and wanting to avoid excessive air miles and plastic packaging. The era of old blokes growing military rows of cabbages is on the wane and new allotment owners are more into fruit and flowers as well as veg. There’s a new interest in “potager gardens” where fruit, flowers and veg are grown together, plus some young parents like to encourage their children to learn where food comes from.... New theories are reducing heavy work and time commitments and there’s masses of online information about “No Dig”, “Salad For All Seasons”, “Perennial Vegetables” etc. Some sites these days even do cooking tips and recipes for making beauty products. Above all they make it fun (with the occasional on-site Prosecco party!)
The village has some spare allotments and now is the time to start planning for 2019! Available to residents for a token rent, help is available with initial clearing and setting up. It’s possible to share or divide up larger plots to make them more manageable including “Starter Plots”.
There are loads of YouTube videos on new allotments: e.g.
Tanya’s allotment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAH24VOCihk
Katrina’s allotment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdGHTOZs9yA
Matt’s allotment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h3750C-rxE
Anne’s allotment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbl4SuAqDjg
Rachael’s Allotment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lZkzzcIJvw
So check out whether friends are interested and if you’d like to receive further details leave your name and contact details on ******* or with Amy on ************.
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