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 [...]
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May 31, 2012 by katecorder · 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
June 6, 2011 by katecorder · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Event, Growing, Harvest, Planting, guerrilla gardening
Social Tagging: Allotments • Drought • Ecosystem • Growing • Harvest • Planting • Rain
Filed under: Allotments, Event, Growing, Harvest, Planting, guerrilla gardening
Social Tagging: Allotments • Drought • Ecosystem • Growing • Harvest • Planting • Rain
25th May 2011 – At Allotment Plot 326, the first Garlic harvest of the year (2011) happened, (more to follow). Garlic Harvest = 5oz = 120g. Plants were transplanted from the fixed up greenhouse to Plot 326. Plants were: Tomato Gardeners Delight x 18; Courgette Patriot F1 x 2 and Cocozelle x 2; Beans (French [...]
May 10, 2011 by katecorder · 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 [...]
April 10, 2011 by katecorder · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Growing, Plant Life, Root
Social Tagging: D&G • Root • Sweet Potato
Filed under: Growing, Plant Life, Root
Social Tagging: D&G • Root • Sweet Potato
A solitary white root has appeared on the one remaining (the third) Sweet Potato that sits in a glass jar of water on the table in the studio. The Sweet Potato will need to grow more roots and then it should grow Slips, which are the leafy shoots of the vine. They can be cut [...]
October 1, 2010 by katecorder · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Growing, Harvest, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Harvest • Plot
Filed under: Allotments, Growing, Harvest, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Harvest • Plot
On 23rd September 2010 autumnal weather had taken a firm grip and it was raining on the Plot at MERL. The Sweetcorn still looked healthy, but it will need to stay put on the Plot for a few more weeks if it is to be of any substance. Sadly the previous months of consistent dry [...]
August 20, 2010 by katecorder · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Artwork, Growing, Harvest, Planting
Social Tagging: Allotments • Growing • Harvest • MERL
Filed under: Allotments, Artwork, Growing, Harvest, Planting
Social Tagging: Allotments • Growing • Harvest • MERL
12 August 2010 – Two weeks had passed since the Ella Montt had visited the Allotment Plot. The Plot had not become chaotic, but was growing steadily. Ella Montt had visited a new Allotment site in rural South West England. The Allotment site had started cultivation in March this year after a village had decided [...]
June 13, 2010 by katecorder · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Artwork, Growing, Planting
Social Tagging: Allotments • Growing • Harvest • Planting • Plot
Filed under: Allotments, Artwork, Growing, Planting
Social Tagging: Allotments • Growing • Harvest • Planting • Plot
On 03/06/2010 the Allotment Plot was experiencing another bright sunny day the temperature was significantly warm. The ground was desperately dry. Ella Montt who is the grower on this particular Allotment, sits next to the Plot and eats lunch in the shade of the Mulberry tree; the gaze drifts from the vegetable plot to cross [...]
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