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 [...]
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January 30, 2012 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments
Social Tagging: 2012 • Allotments • Plot
Filed under: Allotments
Social Tagging: 2012 • Allotments • Plot
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 [...]
September 18, 2011 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Blight, Compost, Harvest, Object
Social Tagging: Allotments • Commodities • Compost • Objects • Squash • Tomato • Zombie
Filed under: Allotments, Blight, Compost, Harvest, Object
Social Tagging: Allotments • Commodities • Compost • Objects • Squash • Tomato • Zombie
2nd September 2011 – Allotment Plot at MERL – For the human it was a very warm day, in an exterior context, such as the garden, but not if placed in an interior, where it seemed much cooler and autumnal. Ella Montt crouched next to the Plot. Her body moved slowly around the edge, redefining [...]
September 2, 2011 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Blight, Compost, Crop Failure, Fence, Harvest
Social Tagging: Allotments • Blight • Cultivation Field • Fence • Harvest • Practical Planting Practice • Weather
Filed under: Allotments, Blight, Compost, Crop Failure, Fence, Harvest
Social Tagging: Allotments • Blight • Cultivation Field • Fence • Harvest • Practical Planting Practice • Weather
18th August 2011 – Allotment Plot at MERL – Torrential rain delayed and limited Plot interaction. Ella Montt assessed the cultivation field considering the Plot, and then searched in her bag for packets of seeds. Ella Montt broadcasted seeds on to the soil in the place that had been emptied of Potatoes the week before. [...]
August 17, 2011 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Compost, Harvest, Root
Social Tagging: Balfour Potatoes • Companion Planting • Harvest • Soil • Worms
Filed under: Allotments, Compost, Harvest, Root
Social Tagging: Balfour Potatoes • Companion Planting • Harvest • Soil • Worms
7 August 2011 – Allotment Plot 326 – Harvest: Tomato Gardener’s Delight = 3oz = 80g; Beetroot Bolivar = 1lb 4oz = 580g; Potato Madeleine 12lb 15oz = 5.9kg. 8 August 2011 – Allotment Plot 326 – Harvest: Runner Bean Enorma = 2oz = 60g; Potato Madeline 4lb = 1.82kg; Beetroot Bolivar = 1lb 8oz [...]
August 6, 2011 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Harvest, Plant
Social Tagging: Allotments • Green • Harvest • Self-Seeded • Wild
Filed under: Allotments, Harvest, Plant
Social Tagging: Allotments • Green • Harvest • Self-Seeded • Wild
3rd August 2011 – Allotment Plot 326 – Ella Montt almost randomly broadcasted a mix of seeds in the cleared area where the Peas had previously been. The area was still surrounded by shading netting. The mix of seeds consisted of Carrot Amsterdam Forcing, Calabrese Baumont F1, Cabbage Wintergreen, and Oriental Tai sai. It was [...]
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