25th September 2012 – Allotment Plot 326, it was over a week since Ella Montt’s last visit to Plot 326. There was evidence of a very slight frost; a dip in temperature that had tinged a few leaves of the Squash plants with the touch of autumnal death that signified their end. However, a few [...]
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September 30, 2012 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Digging, Plant Life
Social Tagging: Allotments • Joseph Beuys • oak • pile of bricks • Plot
Filed under: Allotments, Digging, Plant Life
Social Tagging: Allotments • Joseph Beuys • oak • pile of bricks • Plot
August 24, 2012 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Harvest, Plant, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Balfour Potatoes • Harvest
Filed under: Allotments, Harvest, Plant, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Balfour Potatoes • Harvest
8th August 2012 – Allotment Plot 326 – The day became warmer and warmer and more humid. Ella Montt arrived at the Plot and found that next door at plot 325 most of the wild plant foliage had been cut down and removed, apart from at the far end where it had been left standing. [...]
May 31, 2012 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Growing, Planting
Social Tagging: Allotments • Green Manure • Potato • Rain • Seedlings • Vegan Organic Growing
Filed under: Allotments, Growing, Planting
Social Tagging: Allotments • Green Manure • Potato • Rain • Seedlings • Vegan Organic Growing
03 May 2012 – At Allotment Plot at MERL the Soil was wet. Ella Montt earthed-up the Potatoes as EB watched from the reading room window. Frost was still a danger and could be for a while. Last growing year (2011) frost came late. The soil was a necessary protection for the Potato plants and [...]
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 [...]
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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