The online plot for Beckenham allotment holders





The online plot for Beckenham allotment holders
Created by JonClarke Jun 15, 2008 at 12:17pm. Last updated by JonClarke Jun. 15, 2008.
Created by JonClarke Jun 15, 2008 at 9:59am. Last updated by JonClarke Jun. 15, 2008.
Are there any available allotments out there?
Started by Nella. Last reply by Nella Jun 24.
Hi everyone. The website is growing with new allotmenteers viewing and contributing from all over Beckenham now which is great. There seems to be many more green fingers out there! I've added a n...
Tagged: news, plot, patch, new, question
Started by JonClarke Jun 24.
Hello - I accidentally grew loads of chilli plants on my window ledge... now they have taken over my flat (I have no garden!) I've been giving them to friends and family but still have about 8 left...
Started by Vicky. Last reply by Chris Bernard Jun 10.
Hello all SLUG (South London Urban Gardeners) are pleased to present their second gardening lecture on Saturday, 13th June, 3.00pm at the Forster Road Community Centre. Peter Spriggs will be talki...
Started by Michael Oliver May 23.
Hi All, I just stumbled across this site searching in Google and I am hoping for some advice. I am looking for an allotment to get started toward some sort of self sufficiency. I have been in touc...
Started by Stu. Last reply by Stu May 11.
Posted by JonClarke on June 7, 2009 at 12:30pm
Posted by Phil & Claire on February 28, 2009 at 9:45pm
Posted by Steve Kong on October 5, 2008 at 7:08pm — 1 Comment
Posted by Michael Oliver on September 8, 2008 at 4:05pm
Posted by Michael Oliver on August 31, 2008 at 9:47am
Sunday
September 20, 2009 from 1pm to 3pm – Forster Road HQ Building
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It’s hot here in the UK this week, and I’m gardening in the early hours so I don’t overheat. This morning I was digging up the garlic that is suffering from leek rust, replanting the beds with wonderberries and a cassaabanana, and giving everything a good water.
* I’ve got my garlic varieties mixed up in this episode. Thermidrome is a hard-necked variety which stores well, and Porcelain is a soft-necked variety that will grow scapes.*
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I’m replanting one of the beds of overwintering onions with oca.
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Most people don’t use a crowbar when they’re gardening, but some plants are hard to shift once they’ve been growing in a confined space for a while.
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I am proud to announce that The Alternative Kitchen Garden has been shortlisted in the ‘Ethical Garden’ category of the Observer Ethical Awards 2009.
This is new category that rewards gardens great and small which reflect the ethical roots of their custodians. The judges were looking for entries from individual gardens, allotments or community gardens, but not from commercial or business spaces.
In the Alternative Kitchen Garden I grow edible and useful plants in an environmentally friendly way, concentrating on using organic gardening techniques, making as much compost as possible and collecting rainwater. I also encourage wildlife into the garden, keep a pair of chickens and save my own seeds.
Through the Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast and my blog, I share my experiments, successes and failures with gardeners all over the world.
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in London on Wednesday 3rd June. The other two shortlisted candidates in the Ethical Garden category are well worth checking out as well – the RISC roof garden in Reading, and Lower Shaw Farm in Swindon.
Thank you to everyone who filled in my little survey about your favourite Alternative Kitchen Garden episodes.
There were 3 episodes in first place:
20 garden uses for a plastic bottle, Permaculture basics and Square Foot Gardening.
In second place were Composting in winter, Peppers, Ryton Organic Gardens and Compost.
No episodes received zero votes :)
The second question, on which topics you would like to see covered, was optional – but I received the following comments:
So many thanks to those of you who left comments, and I’ll be looking into covering these topics in future shows.
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I’ve been planting my Japanese Wineberry out in the garden.
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Out in the Grow Dome I’ve been supporting French beans and potting up pepper seedlings. And I’ve been shortlisted for an Observer Ethical Award and had an article about the garden published in Home Farmer magazine.
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I’m trying out a new way of earthing up the potatoes in my potato barrels.
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I’ve been repotting my two edible honeysuckles.
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Installing a watering system in the Grow Dome.
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