Richard Rollinson<p>We send greetings to all of our gardening friends, both north and south, on the equinox. For us it means more sunlight and warmer days ahead. BeetBear is taking the time to clean off his sign on our tool shed door. <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/BeetBear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeetBear</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allotment</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/NewEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewEngland</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/zone6b" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zone6b</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Equinox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equinox</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/gardeningau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardeningau</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/gardeningNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardeningNZ</span></a></p>
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#allotment
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Broadfork<p>Plot progress. The front half is almost ready for sowing and planting up from next month onwards.</p><p>A Jostaberry now occupies the space the mass of wild brambles used to. <br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/NoDig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowYourOwn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Mulch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mulch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allotment</span></a></p>
Tau<p>Arrived at the plot at 10am. Decided to get rid of the outside greenhouse enough of it, though I have the parts. Sort of.</p><p>Emptied 2 sacs of soil on the spuds area, moved half a dozen wood pieces, ready for the fire.... </p><p>Found the fedeer empty, birds have discovered the way to remove the perches, in metal, from the plastic tube. Seeds poured out and were eaten. </p><p>Windy now, 24C in the glasshouse, filled in some gaps in the frames so as to reduce draft. <br>.<br>So far so good. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a></p>
clarebee<p>Yet another benefit of Remote working - no one can see the soil under your fingernails after a bit of lunchtime weeding.</p><p>Testifying to the finding that skin contact with microbes in soil benefits our microbiome/gut-brain axis & boosts mental wellbeing. Dataset of a noisy 1n.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a></p>
Richard Rollinson<p>Here is my Project Feeder Watch data for week number 20 this season.<br><a href="https://data.feederwatch.org/pfw/count/summary?id=S219182750" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">data.feederwatch.org/pfw/count</span><span class="invisible">/summary?id=S219182750</span></a><br>We had 23 species & 101 individuals this time.<br>We finally have sighted our first American Robin of the season. He's currently picking up scraps under the suet feeders while waiting for the earthworms to wake up. The Red Winged Blackbirds are still hanging out with the Grackles. Still a lot of Juncos, but they'll be leaving soon<br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/ProjectFeederWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectFeederWatch</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allotment</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/NewEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewEngland</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/gardening" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gardening</span></a></span></p>
Broadfork<p>One muntjac and pigeon protected growing space made from reused wood, wire mesh and netting. </p><p>This will probably be for growing broad beans and then brassicas.<br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowYourOwn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allotment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/NoDig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDig</span></a></p>
Mike<p>Back home.<br>The bus journey to meet Sacha at the gym was uneventful - both buses were on time. I don't understand why, but the new Electric (battery) buses in Leicester seem much more reliable than the smelly diesel buses - and give a nicer ride.</p><p>There had been a collision in the gym car park earlier, so part of the car park was closed which meant finding our car was a challenge.</p><p>We eat the petrol station meal deal at the allotment. Sacha pruned & trained one of the loganberry bushes, that I'd been ignoring, while I broke up clay lumps and raked the bed that I've been digging recently.</p><p>it was chilly but not too unpleasant. And, we got useful jobs done.</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>today</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Leicester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leicester</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/buses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buses</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/electricBus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricBus</span></a></p>
Richard Rollinson<p>Ok, here is the most boring video you will see today! I have set up the fan to make the tomato seedlings (and other stuff) wiggle slightly in the breeze. This is supposed to promote stronger seedlings and I've done it for a few years now without actually doing any with/without experimenting.<br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allotment</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/NewEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewEngland</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/zone6b" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zone6b</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/gardening" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gardening</span></a></span></p>
Broadfork<p>Vegetation cleared in readiness for fencing. A successful working party at the allotments. 15 members turned up which was great to see. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allotment</span></a></p>
Colin Purrington<p>To rid your garden of common mugwort you have to dig it up and remove the long rhizomes from every clump. It took me two years of hard work to eliminate it. Now other gardeners say, "Oh, you're so lucky that your plot doesn't have that weed." <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/weeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weeds</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/mugwort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mugwort</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a></p>
Colin Purrington<p>At my community garden one can choose to be on the tilled side or the non-tilled side. I chose the latter because I can use it year-round (e.g., I sow peas and fava beans in February). But the photos below provide the other big reason: common mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris). When you have a lawn of this, the very last thing you want to do is plow — every single one of the thousands of rhizome segments will survive and thrive. But that is exactly what will happen this week. I watch in horror every year. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/mugwort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mugwort</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/weed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weed</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nodig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nodig</span></a></p>
Colin Purrington<p>Weed pit in my plot at the community garden. After it's full I'll top it off with soil and start another one. Keeps the garden tidy and over time becomes organic fertilizer. I know this is likely boring to most but I've noticed that many of my fellow gardeners throw their garden refuse onto the paths between plots. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/weeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weeds</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compost</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composting</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a></p>
Tristan Anthony<p>I’m growing potatoes the lazy way this year - in bags. Half-barrel being prepared for carrots later. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/gyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gyo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/growyourown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>growyourown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a></p>
Broadfork<p>The greenhouse full of soil blocks. It’s sow time. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowYourOwn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SeedStarting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeedStarting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SoilBlocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoilBlocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/GreenManures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenManures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allotment</span></a></p>
Frieda_M<p>The daisies and ladybirds are out at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a></p>
rooftopjaxx<p>They looked so manky and worm-eaten* but clearly they want to grow up to become giant beans?<br>•might've been maggots<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allotment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/germination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>germination</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/savedSeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>savedSeed</span></a></p>
Richard Rollinson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@appassionato" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>appassionato</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> Just bought a used copy of this from:<br><a href="https://www.betterworldbooks.com/?utm_klaviyo_id=01JPCNYFXW9P8F3QYJVTW8HBCE&_kx=o32naE972c4MjMyiKJ11nkANT2f_4lXx3NOKZUWtfu4.W9dYnj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">betterworldbooks.com/?utm_klav</span><span class="invisible">iyo_id=01JPCNYFXW9P8F3QYJVTW8HBCE&_kx=o32naE972c4MjMyiKJ11nkANT2f_4lXx3NOKZUWtfu4.W9dYnj</span></a><br>edit: pub. date is 2015 not 2025.<br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allotment</span></a></p>
Mike<p>Good morning.<br>I've woken up far too early.</p><p>Today looks like it'll be dry and cool here in the English East Midlands, so I'm intending to go to the Petanque club in Leicester's Western Park - it seems ages since I've thrown my balls around!</p><p>Sacha has been making greetings cards with her pressed flowers - and I expect that's going to occupy her some more.</p><p>Tomorrow will be a bit odd because although we are going to make an allotment trip, Kasa is coming to visit and has promised to cook our Sunday meal. The allotment trip needs to be coordinated with her arrival.</p><p>In other news, I've got a really irritating skin tag developing on my neck. One of the joys of ageing!</p><p>Well, have a wonderful weekend wherever you are.</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/petanque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petanque</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/crafting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crafting</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Today</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/leicester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leicester</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/weekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weekend</span></a></p>
Having no heater in the greenhouse and the frost having come back means we now have the house full of plants...
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Yesterday did go to the plot where I spent a couple of hours; cold killed all the black turtle beans.
Filled the feeders, am making a mix of bird food bags; watered the strawberry in the hanging basket; did a fire to get rid of wood and while at it, roasted me some raw coffee.
While waiting for the fire to catch, wrote a few notes on the subject of roasting. Coffee.
Bought by mistake a while ago, a small bag of raw coffee, decided to give it a go roasting on an open fire, using a steel pan and wooden spoon. Turned out quite all right, am having now one such coffee, fresh grind, with a cardamom pod ground in for good measure; a spoon of standard honey.
As I had no idea how to proceed, other than having had in time immemorial an actual hand held coffee roaster... granma stuff.... this time got it half wrong, because put in all the beans; quickly they started browning, quicker than expected, so that to give them at least a shade of brown, most beans are well roasted, black, in fact. Scent not as strong as the coffee beans bought in shops, as for caffeine kick.... a double! YAY!!
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