This will be the odd post in the style of home and garden (maybe not) that will be a post about me whingeing about my failues as a gardener. Today it’s about slugs, in Welsh Wales we have been getting lots and lots and blod%y lots of slugs in the wilco garden (and elsewhere Iam… Continue reading Shed and Garden – Slugs natures evil wossnames
Allotment
Couple live in allotment shed
The Sundaysun report on a couple living in shed. A COUPLE who lost their home after failing to keep up mortgage payments are living in a shed. Debbie Galloway, 31, and husband Philip, 42, are sleeping in the hut at a relative’s allotment. They claim accommodation offered by Hartlepool Council is run-down. Their six children… Continue reading Couple live in allotment shed
Just sheds : Allot of them
Here are some great Allotment sheds, the purists sheddies out there say that the allotment shed is where it all started in terms of UK sheds and where it should stay, non of your posh offices or things on wheels. I agree in part, yes, when allotments were at their intial peak during the wars,… Continue reading Just sheds : Allot of them
Olympic Sheds on the Radio
Further to the Manor Garden Olympic Allotments pictures yesterday, the Kitchen Sisters contacted me to say. We are working on a radio piece about the (former) Manor Garden Allotments in East London which were bulldozed this October to make way for the 2012 London Olympics. The story will air June 26th of NPR’s Morning Edition.… Continue reading Olympic Sheds on the Radio
Wonderful Allotment sheds photos
I have mentioned the Manor Garden Olympic Allotments before But photographer Jan Stradtmann has some great images of the sheds before they were destroyed to make way for the games. More about the Manor Garden Olympic Allotments. Of course you can view our sheddies wonderful allotment sheds here.
MP visits threatened pigeon loft
Culture Secretary Andy Burnham visited a Grade II-listed pigeon loft threatened with demolition. Mr Burnham was taken to the cree, on an allotment in Ryhope, near Sunderland, by local MP Fraser Kemp. English Heritage granted it listed status in 1998 but the land’s owners, Newcastle-based Worktalent Ltd, want to redevelop the allotments. The cree’s owner,… Continue reading MP visits threatened pigeon loft
MP seeks more space for allotments
credit: doustpauline More space must be provided to secure the future of the humble allotment, an MP warned yesterday. Keen allotment holder and Tory MP, Tony Baldry, said that land available for the much-loved garden plots was shrinking just as demand was growing. Mr Baldry (Banbury) said councils and the Government needed to act to… Continue reading MP seeks more space for allotments