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 [...]
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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
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, [...]
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 [...]
May 10, 2011 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Compost, Digging, Growing, Planting
Social Tagging: Allotments • Captain Swing • Digging • Growing • Planting • Plot • Seedlings • Thorpe • William Morris
Filed under: Allotments, Compost, Digging, Growing, Planting
Social Tagging: Allotments • Captain Swing • Digging • Growing • Planting • Plot • Seedlings • Thorpe • William Morris
18th April 2011 – In the studio the rooting Sweet Potato was observed sitting in its glass jam jar of water on the table in front of the window. The Sweet Potato was absorbing the sun light. A tiny dark reddish/ purple leafy sprout (slip) had emerged from the tuber. Ella Montt stared at the [...]
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
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 [...]
October 16, 2010 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Artwork, Compost
Social Tagging: Allotments • Art • Harvest • Plot
Filed under: Allotments, Artwork, Compost
Social Tagging: Allotments • Art • Harvest • Plot
On the 7th October 2010 at Allotment Plot at MERL in the Autumn sunshine, it was time to harvest and remove the Sweetcorn form the Plot. The corn ears were collected and the canes were cut leaving the roots in the soil to decompose. The Sunflowers seed heads were cut off and saved then plants [...]
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