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, [...]
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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
June 25, 2011 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Harvest, Planting, Plot
Social Tagging: Bamboo • Garlic • Harvest • Rain
Filed under: Allotments, Harvest, Planting, Plot
Social Tagging: Bamboo • Garlic • Harvest • Rain
7th June 2011 – Allotment Plot 326. The Bean plants that had been planted a few days before looked like they had been through war, left to interact with the elements and wildlife. Ella Montt found it hard to know if the plants would recover from the havoc they had experienced. The weather was changeable [...]
April 18, 2011 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Fence, Plant, Planting, Plot
Social Tagging: Comfrey • Compost • Plant • Plot • Seeds
Filed under: Allotments, Fence, Plant, Planting, Plot
Social Tagging: Comfrey • Compost • Plant • Plot • Seeds
Tuesday 12th April 2011 – At Allotment Plot 326, digging of an area of ground was completed. Seeds were then planted as follows: Leeks Almera, Kale Red Russian Curled, Beetroot Bolivar, Carrot Amsterdam Forcing, and Carrot Rothild. Ella Montt noted that both a Carrot fly deterrent barrier and also a Heavy Metal collection of CD’s [...]
April 11, 2011 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Fence, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Digging • Drought
Filed under: Allotments, Fence, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Digging • Drought
6th April 2011 – The weather this week was undeniably beautiful. Gloriously warm sunshine deceiving humans in to perhaps a false sense of security. Extreme sunshine, heat and drought so early in the season has in recent years often been a prequel to a summer of rain and flooding. Ella Montt searched for a crystal [...]
March 31, 2011 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Digging, Leisure, Planting, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Digging • Planting • Plot • Plot 326 • Thorpe Report
Filed under: Allotments, Digging, Leisure, Planting, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Digging • Planting • Plot • Plot 326 • Thorpe Report
Allotment Plot 326 sits in the great field with many other allotment plots. It is part of a social system that gave humans a right to an allotment of land. Desire for an allotment plot can be a utopian dream. Reality of working an allotment or making the allotment succeed involves much hard effort. In [...]
March 13, 2011 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Plant, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Bob Flowerdew • Chit • Potato • Studio • Sweet Potato
Filed under: Allotments, Plant, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Bob Flowerdew • Chit • Potato • Studio • Sweet Potato
A potato is a tuber. Deleuze and Guattari define tubers as rhizomes. The Potato, Solanum Tuberosum, (as opposed to the Sweet Potato) is part of the Nightshades family. The potato as a plant has a long history. It originates from Peru. Humans discovered the potato and begun to cultivate it at least 7,000 years ago. [...]
January 30, 2011 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Plant, Planting, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Fruit Bushes • Fruit Trees • Planting • Plot • Plot 326
Filed under: Allotments, Plant, Planting, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Fruit Bushes • Fruit Trees • Planting • Plot • Plot 326
At Allotment Plot 326 on January 14th 2011, Ella Montt planted some fruit bushes and trees. The temperature on that day was almost balmy. In the designated planting area the ground was dug to try to remove any bramble roots. Holes were then excavated and the roots of the trees and bushes were grounded and [...]
November 28, 2010 by kate · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Allotments, Artwork, Plant, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Art • Plant • Plot
Filed under: Allotments, Artwork, Plant, Plot
Social Tagging: Allotments • Art • Plant • Plot
25/11/2010 – Ella Montt headed from the University to the Allotment Plot at MERL by bike. Optimistic bright sunshine earlier in the morning had given way to a blanket of dull grey cloud and the temperature plummeted, making the bike ride far from exhilarating, as the sharpness of the cold hit the body in motion. [...]
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 [...]
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