On the morning of 21st October 2010, an overnight frost had killed the Bean and Squash plants at Allotment Plot at MERL, leaving the remaining Squash Green Hokkadio vulnerable to elemental forces. The Squash seemed to be intact and was harvested, it had not met its maximum growth capacity because it had grown to late [...]
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October 25, 2010 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Artwork, Biodiversity, Compost, Digging, Harvest, Planting, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Art • Digging • Harvest • Plot
Filed under: Allotments, Artwork, Biodiversity, Compost, Digging, Harvest, Planting, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Art • Digging • Harvest • Plot
September 19, 2010 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Biodiversity, Harvest, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Art • Plot
Filed under: Allotments, Biodiversity, Harvest, Plot
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16/09/2010 in the garden at MERL at the Allotment Plot, Ella Montt harvested a small Squash that had unfortunately been attacked by something with teeth. Glistening trails were detected as the evidence of slug and snail activity, this kind of activity has been thankfully minimal, presumably because of the dry weather conditions this growing year. [...]
March 21, 2010 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Artwork, Biodiversity, Growing, Performance, Planting, Veganic
Social Tagging: Allotments • Art • Biodiversity • MERL • Organic • Performance • Planting • Seeds • Veganic • Weather
Filed under: Allotments, Artwork, Biodiversity, Growing, Performance, Planting, Veganic
Social Tagging: Allotments • Art • Biodiversity • MERL • Organic • Performance • Planting • Seeds • Veganic • Weather
The Allotment Plot thickens with another Planting Performance in the Garden at MERL (18/03/2010). The weather conditions were good for planting again. The day was pleasantly warm with the Spring equinox approaching. Rain was in the forecast and needed, but that did not occur until the evening when darkness fell. Ella Montt selected seed packets, [...]
February 25, 2010 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Biodiversity, Event
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Filed under: Allotments, Biodiversity, Event
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Why is the caterpillar on the broadbean plant at the allotment plot in February? Where has it grown from? Surely no butterfly has fluttered by and perched long enough to deliver eggs that have then grown over a week into a fat caterpillar? Or has the caterpillar overwintered on the broadbeans surviving the chill of [...]
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