Health & Outdoors Why no-dig when digging is so GOOD for you? 9th January 2018 “No dig is where it’s all at Matt, you should try it!”. No thank you…
Health & Outdoors Is it safe to grow your own food inside tyres? 30th November 2017 Many allotment sites have already banned the use of tyres but I see the odd…
Design & Planning Are you a safe gardener? Beware of unexpected injuries! 9th November 2017 At my allotment last week I walked backwards as I raked and almost fell bottom…
Health & Outdoors Should children be allowed at allotments? Not everybody thinks so… 16th June 2017 When we became parents for the first time we tried to attend our local church…
Health & Outdoors It seems modern fruits and vegetables are bigger, but no more nutritious 8th February 2017 I stumbled across what seemed an interesting article in Scientific American recently ‘Have Fruits and Vegetables…
Health & Outdoors Glyphosate (Roundup) weed killer – should you use it? 13th January 2017 At two recent allotment committee meetings the subject of ‘weed killer use’ has come up…
Health & Outdoors Dealing with Severe Anxiety – Allotments, Friendly Bacteria & More. 7th October 2016 There’s anxiety and there’s severe anxiety. Anxiety is perfectly normal, it’s part of your brain’s…