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Friday, February 22, 2008
Allotments (Planning) Bill
From ePolitix
The second reading is on March 14th.
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From ePolitix
Tony Baldry (Con, Banbury) introduced a ten minute rule motion to bring in a Bill to "encourage local authorities to make provision for allotments; to require them to consider imposing duties on developers to provide land for statutory allotments when determining planning applications; and for connected purposes."
He stated that the demand for allotments has increased and the number of available plots is decreasing. Although allotments have some statutory and regulatory protection "all too many allotments are disappearing and even fewer new ones are being created."
Baldry's Bill seeks to redress the balance, it proposes that under the Planning and Compensation Act 1991, developers "are obliged to consider, akin to the 1925 legislation, whether there is a need for the developers to make provision for allotments either on that site or on land elsewhere."
He concluded that "allotments are in big demand for growing fruit, flowers and vegetables, or just as a great way to chill out." Therefore he hoped that the House and the government would support the Bill.
The second reading is on March 14th.
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
Crop
1 3/4 pounds of green tomatoes, and there are still some on the vine.
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1 3/4 pounds of green tomatoes, and there are still some on the vine.
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Friday, August 03, 2007
These boots were made for planting
I recently got a new pair of army boots. The last pair lasted me five years, and I expect the ame from these. However, I couldn't just throw the old ones out, that seemed like a waste. I had to find a new use for them.
Turning them into plant pots was an obvious move.
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I recently got a new pair of army boots. The last pair lasted me five years, and I expect the ame from these. However, I couldn't just throw the old ones out, that seemed like a waste. I had to find a new use for them.
Turning them into plant pots was an obvious move.
Technorati tag: Gardening, Video
Labels: gardening, Herbs, planting, recycling, video
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Guerilla Gardening in Toronto and Tijuana
BoingBoing has a post about two artists' guerilla gardening projects.
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BoingBoing has a post about two artists' guerilla gardening projects.
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Labels: Guerilla Gardening
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Monday, July 09, 2007
Makeshift garden protection
Don't know where the grid came from, but hopefully it'll keep the cats off.
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Don't know where the grid came from, but hopefully it'll keep the cats off.
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Monday, June 18, 2007
Raised bed
This bed started life as stackable storage, but when the previous owners were throwing it out my sister managed to bag a few and let me have one. I've dug it in a bit and filled it with compost and soil improver. There's spring onions (hopefully to keep the slugs at bay), rocket and beetroot seeds in there, as well as the first batch (probably sacrificial) of propagated lettuce.
Click through to the Flickr picture for notes showing where everything's ben plnted.
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This bed started life as stackable storage, but when the previous owners were throwing it out my sister managed to bag a few and let me have one. I've dug it in a bit and filled it with compost and soil improver. There's spring onions (hopefully to keep the slugs at bay), rocket and beetroot seeds in there, as well as the first batch (probably sacrificial) of propagated lettuce.
Click through to the Flickr picture for notes showing where everything's ben plnted.
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Thursday, May 31, 2007
The grass is ankle high (in places)
In other places there's no grass at all still. I've sowed more seeds there.
I don't mind the grass being straggly, it serves to hide the lumpiness of the ground it's growing out of. I'm not planning on falling into compulsive mowing, either, so that's another point in its favour.
There are shoots of the brambles I thought I'd removed popping up at the far end and some sort of creeper as well. I'm going to have to find the rigger's gloves and pull up the brambles, but I'm thinking of turning the creepers into a feature and wrapping them around a cut off section of trunk that's lying around.
This is just phase one. If I'm allowed (it isn't my garden really) I'd like to try a bit of wildscaping, turning the far end, at least into a mini nature reserve.
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In other places there's no grass at all still. I've sowed more seeds there.
I don't mind the grass being straggly, it serves to hide the lumpiness of the ground it's growing out of. I'm not planning on falling into compulsive mowing, either, so that's another point in its favour.
There are shoots of the brambles I thought I'd removed popping up at the far end and some sort of creeper as well. I'm going to have to find the rigger's gloves and pull up the brambles, but I'm thinking of turning the creepers into a feature and wrapping them around a cut off section of trunk that's lying around.
This is just phase one. If I'm allowed (it isn't my garden really) I'd like to try a bit of wildscaping, turning the far end, at least into a mini nature reserve.
Labels: gardening, Lawn, wildlife garden
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