Sunflower Allotment Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Welcome back to the Sunflower Allotment Podcast! 

This week we record a farewell to Tim's plot as he hands-back his oasis (of sorts) in Norwich due to his impending relocation north to Sheffield. The episode includes a reflection on his time on the plot, along with some digging up of the garlic and a visit to Peter's new asparagus plot. Happy listening! 

Welcome back to the Sunflower Allotment Podcast! 

'People think this was a dragons nest or that I'm a witch!' - Rosemary delights us with an allotment ramble around her beautiful natural allotment. Rosemary has created a space with the aim of being at-one with nature, the oppositie to a productive vegetable rich plot; much to the annoyance of the council and some of her neighbours! With 100 year old trees, a semi-circular bank inspired by old traditions and a Finish style hut for relaxing and contemplating the world around her, it is a fasctinating plot. 

Peter and Tim then discuss the contemporary need for wildlife spaces on the allotments and question if the rules should change to accomodate a more envionrmentally conscious plot. 

We would love to know your thoughts! Please let us know if you have any questions or ideas for future episodes.
 
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Welcome back to the Sunflower Allotment Podcast! 

This week Pete interviews our fabulour allotment committe during one of their community plant swap events. During their conversation they disucss the rich history of our Norwich site and explore how preparations are going for the centenary celebrations next year! 

Peter and Tim also briefly do their own plant swap, desrcibe the joy of first getting a plot and delight in their instaible love of having an allotments and the variety it brings. 

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Summer is certainly here and so is the fruit. We therefore decided to discuss what we do we our fruit and our favourite fruit dishes. 

The episode also includes an allotment ramble with committee member Jon on his stunning plot that contains a beautiful combination of veg and fruit.

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With the cold snaps behind us and the sunshine well and truly here, Peter and Tim sit down under Peter's apple tree to discuss one of their favourite root vegetables, Celeriac. We discuss it's rich history, it's fantastic taste and tips of how to grow this tricky vegetable. 

With the cold weather all but a distant memory, Peter and Tim also discuss their techniques for mitigating against the hot, dry weather, including mulching and soil prep. 

We also touch on our jobs for June and look forward to a summer of allotment life! 

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Welcome back to the Sunflower Allotment Podcast! 

After some torrential rain and warmer weather, Peter and Tim take a walk around the allotment and discuss the explosion of growth of vegetables, fruit and weeds! Tim also discusses his love for raspberries as well explaining some tips for planting and storage.  
As we walk around we answer the question, what are our favourite allotment sounds? This includes birdsong, thunder and drumming! 

After driving over Tim's rhubarb, Peter also takes the chance to pull some of his huge rhubarb and gift to Tim.

What are you  favourite allotment sounds? We would love to hear your answers.
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Thanks for listening! 

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In this mini episode we response to a fantastic listener question regarding growing tomatoes in a polytunnel. Peter addresses problems with blight, overheating, underwatering and suggests his favourite varieties of tomato.

We also touch on other questions on potatoes and asparagus planting.

We love hearing from you so if you have any questions, please do get in contact via Twitter, Instagram or email:

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It's April and the bees are out so it is a perfect time to be joined by beekeeper Ken Hayes for this special episode on bees! In this fascinating discussion we explore a range of  topics from bees and the envrionment, pollinators, flowers to attract bees, the advantages and disadvantages of beekeeping, how bees swarm, the difference between workers and drone bees, honey harvesting and much, much more!

As a guest we also take Ken to our Desert Island Allotment! 

To find out more on bees, visit the British Beekeeping Society here: https://www.bbka.org.uk/

Please do get in touch as we love to hear your feedback, opinions or anecdotes! We are planning an episode on listener questions so please so write in if you have any.

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Have a buzzing week on the plot busy bees! 

 

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On today's episode Peter and Tim return to Rachel's plot to record an episode that celebrates the end of Winter and discusses the arrival of Spring and April jobs. 

Amongst a host of things we discuss emerging from long winter, what we are planting this month, green manure, no dig, long days on the plot and Tim's brush with the allotment law! 

As ever, please do get in touch as we love to hear your feedback, opinions or anecdotes! We are planning an episode on listener questions so please so write in if you have any.

Have a great week on the plot everyone! 

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Inspired by a gardening book that Tim found in a charity shop earlier this year, we are joined by Claire Birkett (from episode 11 on Cost of Living) for a recording of the first of a two-part (second yet to be recorded) on gardening words and jargon! For a new gardener, or even a seasoned pro, the words and terms in gardening can be as long as a piece of cooch grass, therefore we have run through some terms we considered key to our allotment gardening. The list is below! 

We have definitely missed many words / terms / jargon! If you have any suggestions or terms you'd like us to interrogate, then please let us know and we will add them into our next jargon busing episode that will be recorded later this year. 

Please do get in touch as we love hearing your allotment stories, ideas and inspiration. Our contact for any questions or episode suggestions:
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Terms covered in the episode: 

• Annuals
• Allotment 
• Biannuals 
• Bolting 
• Cutting 
• Corm 
• Chitting
• Companion planting
• Double digging
• Drills
• Deciduous
• Espalated tree
• Earthing up / hilling
• Earthworms 
• Fertiliser 
• F1 Hybrid
• Forcing
• Grafting 
• GMO
• Hot bed
• Healing-in
• Hardening Off 
• Humus
• Invasive Plants
• Loam
• Lifting