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Robin Ince

And here are some of those apples I mentioned earlier #photography #allotment #nature

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · last month

This is my composting set up over winter. We are fortunate our winters are mild. The piles are unlikely to freeze.

The two palleted compost bays have been freshly turned.

Four compost Daleks contain maturing compost.

Another compost dalek recieves the weekly veg peelings and garden weeds with sawdust added over the top.

After taking the photos all the compost was covered or lids put back on to keep the rain off. #Compost #Composting #NoDig #Mulch #Gardening #Allotment #Solarpunk

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Two compost bays are made from five pallets. Two pallets provide the back wall and three pallets at right angles make the left side, right side and centre divide of the two bays. Two piles of compost are dark brown. The left hand pile has three black downpipes down the centre line to allow air flow into the centre of the pile. The right side pile is older compost and is noticeably more broken down.

Three different sized plastic bins or compost daleks each contain maturing compost. The lids are off to show the compost inside. An elongated oval bin contains the best, finest compost which has been sieved with a trommel. These three containers of compost will mature over winter and will be the base of the potting mix next spring.

Another compost dalek showing the compost inside. The brown compost has some woody material visible in amongst it. It hasn’t been put through the trommel to sieve it yet. It will continue to mature in this bin over winter.

A compost dalek nearly full of the fresher garden and kitchen waste. Handfuls of sawdust are applied with each layer of kitchen scraps every week. When this bin is full it will be turned into a different bin to continue to break down. Ground eggshells, basalt, biochar and other amendments are occasionally added to this bin in small quantities.

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · last month

This is my composting set up over winter. We are fortunate our winters are mild. The piles are unlikely to freeze.

The two palleted compost bays have been freshly turned.

Four compost Daleks contain maturing compost.

Another compost dalek recieves the weekly veg peelings and garden weeds with sawdust added over the top.

After taking the photos all the compost was covered or lids put back on to keep the rain off. #Compost #Composting #NoDig #Mulch #Gardening #Allotment #Solarpunk

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · 2 months ago

The plot one year on. #Allotment #NoDig #Gardening

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Mid November 2024 a full sized allotment plot is overgrown with grasses, bind weed, brambles and nettles. The plot is about 250 square metres. The black rectangle of the shed window is visible at the back of the plot. The dark green foliage of wild brambles are visible about half way. The plot is bordered to the right by a hedge and tree line of a nature reserve.

A curved wood chip pathway bends around two growing beds mulched with well rotted horse manure. The front bed is planted with raspberries, yarrow, perennial sunflowers, daisies, turkish rocket, woad and is autumn sown with broad beans not yet germinated. The bed the other side of the path has a manure mound over a rhubarb plant. Inside a metal fenced bed are growing some winter peas and Japanese winter onions. The woody stems of Aztec broccoli and tree spinach are also inside the fence. A chain link fenced bed is lush with green manures as are other beds down the plot. A wild bramble wall is halfway with the dark rectangles of shed windows in the distance.

Broadfork

@Broadfork@mastodon.green · 2 months ago

The plot one year on. #Allotment #NoDig #Gardening

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · 2 months ago

Real Seeds New 2026 catalogue is now online. An ethical seed company selling open pollinated and heirloom seeds. They encourage seed saving and provide useful information to achieve that.

They only sell to UK customers but the link below to their website has recommendations for seed companies who sell a good range of locally produced, open pollinated seed in France, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Austria and the US.
#GrowYourOwn #SeedSaving #SolarPunk #Gardening #Allotment

https://www.realseeds.co.uk/

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · 2 months ago

Real Seeds New 2026 catalogue is now online. An ethical seed company selling open pollinated and heirloom seeds. They encourage seed saving and provide useful information to achieve that.

https://www.realseeds.co.uk/

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · 2 months ago

If you’re in the UK and you are interested in growing and/or conserving heirloom varieties and supporting the Heritage Seed Library now would be a good time to join. See link below.

Their seed catalogue is out to members in two weeks.

“HSL members will receive exclusive access to over 150 rare varieties, including 14 brand new additions on Tuesday 18 November 2025.”

#SeedSaving #HeirloomVegetables #UKSeeds #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #SolarPunk #Allotment #HomeGrown

https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/what-we-do/hsl

Broadfork

@Broadfork@mastodon.green · 2 months ago

If you’re in the UK and you are interested in growing and/or conserving heirloom varieties and supporting the Heritage Seed Library now would be a good time to join. See link below.

Their seed catalogue is out to members in two weeks.

“HSL members will receive exclusive access to over 150 rare varieties, including 14 brand new additions on Tuesday 18 November 2025.”

#SeedSaving #HeirloomVegetables #UKSeeds #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #SolarPunk #Allotment #HomeGrown

https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/what-we-do/hsl

Broadfork

@Broadfork@mastodon.green · 3 months ago

Mr.Fothergills have a seed offer on now.

Buy 5 packets, get 1 free (20% off)*
Buy 10 packets, get 3 free (30% off)*
Buy 15 packets, get 6 free (40% off)*
Buy 20 packets, get 10 free (50% off)*
*Discount is automatically applied at checkout – cheapest seeds free

UK only.
#Seeds #Gardening #Allotment #GrowYourOwn #HomeGrown #SolarPunkSunday #SolarPunk @gardening
@allotments
https://mr-fothergills.co.uk/pages/spend-and-save-on-seeds

Yvan

@yvan@toot.ale.gd · 4 months ago

Anyone on #gardening Fedi have UK recommendations for some sort of not-too-big/expensive mulcher/shredder that is good for sticks and leaves kinda work, hedge-trimmer trimmings, etc... ideally to make this sort of material good for composting?

We have one of those crusher-style ones but it is only really good on sticks and small branches, it just chokes on leafy material.

I realise "use a lawnmower" may also be an option (I do not currently have a lawnmower.)

#allotment #gyo #GrowYourOwn

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@gecole@universeodon.com · 5 months ago

Good Morning from the #allotment. #BloomScrolling #sunflower #GoodMorning

A tall velvet queen sunflower against a background of forest and blue sky. The sunflower has one large purple flower open towards us with several others dlfacing in different directions. The leaves look extraordinarily large in this view.

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@gecole@universeodon.com · 5 months ago

Good Morning from the #allotment. #BloomScrolling #sunflower #GoodMorning