2nd April 2012, at Allotment Plot 326 the parched Earth was resigned to the tight grip that Drought had on the soil. The grip was in the process of tightening. The soil was cracking. Blossoms enclosed in tight buds were forming on the fruit trees and bushes, but the young Plum Tree, planted a year [...]
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April 30, 2012 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Drought, Exteme Weather, Rain
Social Tagging: Drought • Fruit Blossom • Rain • Seeds • Sweet Potato
Filed under: Allotments, Drought, Exteme Weather, Rain
Social Tagging: Drought • Fruit Blossom • Rain • Seeds • Sweet Potato
March 31, 2012 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Compost, Plant Life
Social Tagging: Balfour Potatoes • EB • Field Mouse • Plant
Filed under: Allotments, Compost, Plant Life
Social Tagging: Balfour Potatoes • EB • Field Mouse • Plant
26th March 2012 – At Allotment Plot 326, Ella Montt removed items that were cluttering up the shed and in doing so disturbed a Field Mouse habitat. A Mouse exited the shed in the bottom of a big tub that had drainage holes around its base, after a few moments hesitation the Mouse escaped from [...]
March 25, 2012 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Drought, Global Warming, Object, Plant
Social Tagging: Allotments • Drought • Mulch • Precipitation
Filed under: Allotments, Drought, Global Warming, Object, Plant
Social Tagging: Allotments • Drought • Mulch • Precipitation
In the human settlement of Reading, the month of March 2012 was without Precipitation apart from on the 4th March. Even before the month was over it was possible for Ella Montt to gaze in to the crystal ball and see that the forecast contained no evidence that Precipitation would occur in that time period. [...]
February 29, 2012 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Drought
Social Tagging: Drought • Plant • Seeds
Filed under: Allotments, Drought
Social Tagging: Drought • Plant • Seeds
The Allotment Plots are sitting in an area experiencing a two-year winter drought. On the 9th February at Allotment Plot at MERL, it was a cold, dull, grey day. The ground was dry and frigid. Evaporation was methodically drying the soil. The recent weather conditions had been a mixture of bright sunshine, frost, snow and [...]
January 30, 2012 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments
Social Tagging: 2012 • Allotments • Plot
Filed under: Allotments
Social Tagging: 2012 • Allotments • Plot
At another location, Ella Montt stood in the dark, gazing at distant stars in the night sky. The fixed up greenhouse had avoided total breakage. A wooden fence laid flattened, adjacent, but not quite touching the glass. Blades of grass must have resisted the winds force and intervened to stop the glass shattering back to [...]
December 21, 2011 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: 99%, Allotments, Compost Capitalism, Copost Capitalism, Occupy, Planet, Plant
Social Tagging: Compost Capitalism • Earth • Kelper 22-b • Plant • Seti • Wholly Mammoth • William Morris
Filed under: 99%, Allotments, Compost Capitalism, Copost Capitalism, Occupy, Planet, Plant
Social Tagging: Compost Capitalism • Earth • Kelper 22-b • Plant • Seti • Wholly Mammoth • William Morris
1st December 2011, at Allotment Plot at MERL, the sky was dull and grey, but in the garden at MERL, birds were singing. Ella Mott had been alerted to the fact that the Island was suffering from lack of moisture. Although it had rained lightly recently, this was not enough and the soil if you [...]
November 27, 2011 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Occupy
Social Tagging: Cage • Kant • Newspaper • Occupy • Plot • Second Silent Spring • Slug
Filed under: Allotments, Occupy
Social Tagging: Cage • Kant • Newspaper • Occupy • Plot • Second Silent Spring • Slug
On 20th November 2011, at Allotment Plot 326, it was a still day, perfect for digging, there were no other visible allotment worker around. At Plot 326, it was never possible for any tranquil sound of birds singing to exist, because of the continuous sound of human machine traffic that came from roadway beyond the [...]
November 19, 2011 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: 99%, Allotments, Exteme Weather, Hyperobject, Leisure, Plant Life
Social Tagging: Captain Swing • EB • Economic Growth • Extreme Weather • Occupy • Reading Room • William Morris
Filed under: 99%, Allotments, Exteme Weather, Hyperobject, Leisure, Plant Life
Social Tagging: Captain Swing • EB • Economic Growth • Extreme Weather • Occupy • Reading Room • William Morris
1/11/11 – Allotment Plot 326- another perfect day to dig. An amount of soil was dug over; all plant residues were removed from dug area to the compost pile. Darkness fell early and ended the activity. 03 November 2011 – At Allotment Plot at MERL, Ella Montt found the Squash plant that had tried so [...]
October 29, 2011 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Compost, Digging, Hyperobject, Plot
Social Tagging: Artichoke • Autumnal • Compost • Fluxist • Frog • Frost • Human Discontent • over wintering • Squash • Sweet Potato • Tree Products
Filed under: Allotments, Compost, Digging, Hyperobject, Plot
Social Tagging: Artichoke • Autumnal • Compost • Fluxist • Frog • Frost • Human Discontent • over wintering • Squash • Sweet Potato • Tree Products
7th October 2011 – At Allotment Plot at MERL, there was an overload of sound at the Plot. The sounds penetrated and reverberated across the garden. Magpies were conspiring in the trees, planes moving along flight paths, teenagers screaming and shouting involved in the action of sport in a field beyond the hedge, sirens wailing, [...]
October 3, 2011 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Harvest, News, Object
Social Tagging: Atlas • Cultivation Field • Dead Bee • Global Warming • Greenland • Lawn • Oak Tree • Plant Regeneration
Filed under: Allotments, Harvest, News, Object
Social Tagging: Atlas • Cultivation Field • Dead Bee • Global Warming • Greenland • Lawn • Oak Tree • Plant Regeneration
20th September 2011 – Allotment Plot 326 – Harvest: Oriental Greens Tai Sai = 2oz = 50g; 1 x Courgette Patriot F1 = 12oz = 350g; 1 x Squash Green Hokkaido = 6oz = 170g; 1 x Squash Green Hokkaido = 13oz = 370g; 1 x Squash Green Hokkaido = 1lb 2oz = 510g; 1 [...]
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