Sentences with phrase «of allotment gardening»

Also the city of Cagayan d'Oro, the Philippines, assists associations of the urban poor in the establishment of allotment gardens on privately owned land, which proves to be a successful strategy.

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We still get a lot of kale from our little allotment garden plot — I can't believe it yields crop until December in Finland!
We received thousands of entries, from Sweden to South Africa, Tahiti to Taiwan, with images taken on beaches and gardens, in restaurants and allotments, on top of mountains and even under water!
This time of year is when allotments and gardens are at their most bountiful, there's so much beautiful fruit and vegetables about I just love it.
Two new allotment sites have opened nearby, and according to accounts, some of the Manor Garden tenants have started anew.
The original site of Manor Garden Allotments has been paved over, and the Olympics have long since come and gone.
Reg's Allotment Salad is a hearty 17 - ingredient affair using a chunky assortment of all his garden's offerings — lettuce, fennel, beetroot, cucumber, kohlrabi, and more.
The recipes in Moro East are a reflection of the people — both the tenants of Manor Garden Allotments and Sam and Sam Clark.
Each conference school received an equal allotment of tickets to sell, Amtrak operated what amounted to a Big East Express from Boston, Providence, New Haven, Washington and Philadelphia right into Penn Station, which is conveniently located in the bowels of the Garden, and all four of the main sessions were practically sold out months ago.
We're hoping to get a garden allotment soon, and are hoping that our oldest will get into the spirit of things.
But Mr Corbyn has been very open about his love of his allotment, saying in an interview earlier this year, he said: «I enjoy growing things in my allotment and garden.
Married for many years, Gerri and Tom have a comfortable, nurturing relationship, diligently raising vegetables together in their allotment in the local communal garden and sharing parental concern about their 30 year - old son Joe (Oliver Maltman), a lawyer who's aware that most of his friends are settling into marriage.
For Skulptur Projekte» 07, he asked some 50 garden allotment associations in Münster to keep diaries on the everyday life of their urban agricultural plots, which are not only used for growing one's own fruit and vegetables but are also vital sites of social encounter.
The Garden at Sarah Wiseman Gallery will include works by Sarah Spackman, who regularly makes paintings of her allotment produce; there will also be a new series of paintings by Alison Pullen, who will be working with Chelsea Physic Garden and Kew, painting on location in their glass houses and gardens.
Colin also mentioned the high profile of demonstration projects in St. James's Park, where there is now an allotment site / Dig for Victory edible garden.
Ben Reynolds comments: «We are all familiar with allotments, and community gardens as features of the city landscape, but more often than not a lot of space is wasted, where with a little support we could see projects like this in the UK, where salad crops, vegetables and even fish are produced commercially within the city.»
The report, while stating the amount of labour required, does not give an indication of whether fertiliser, pesticides or herbicides were used in the experiment, although the NSALG «believe it was used in a similar manner to normal allotment gardening».
Just like the awesome video tour of Mike Feingold's permaculture allotment, I am sure that this style of gardening won't win over the advocates of neat lawns and perfectly manicured hedges.
Whether it's an awesome tour of Mike Feingold's permaculture allotment, footage of the famous Greening the Desert project in Jordan, or the BBC's discovery of forest gardening, we have seen plenty of great videos about permaculture gardens.
You can also buy tools there, should you want to get involved yourself, with their # 780 ($ 1560) sterling silver garden fork a particular bargain.Demand for allotments in the UK is larger than ever before, partly due to the publics increased awareness of organic produce, and partly because most newly built city homes have no garden of their own.
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For the second year running, a small allotment garden has been created in the spirit of those from the war.
In the heart of historic St. James's Park, the Dig for Victory allotment garden has been created to bring back the flavour of those times and encourage people to embrace the idea of growing your own.
Or the organic gardening allotments, where 60 % of the 58 vegie patches have been let to locals who can walk to the site.
West Yorkshire About Blog The ups and downs of gardening on an allotment plot and garden with space for creatures that share our gardening spaces with us.
Chippenham, UK About Blog Veg Plotting is the diary of both my allotment and garden, with lots of other interests sprinkled in for good measure.
From traditional squares to roof gardens and allotments, as well as spaces belonging to historic buildings, schools, shops and cafés, there is sure to be something of interest to everyone.
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