
One of the greatest pleasures of allotment life is getting to know my neighbours. Ron, Beryl, Vic and Tony are a lovely bunch, although we disagree on quite a few things.
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One of the greatest pleasures of allotment life is getting to know my neighbours. Ron, Beryl, Vic and Tony are a lovely bunch, although we disagree on quite a few things.
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I have a horrible feeling that potato blight is just around the corner. The weather has been just perfect for this horrible fungal infection to wreak havoc on everyone’s home-grown spuds.
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To my mind, the asparagus beetle, Crioceris asparagi, is one of our most beautiful insects.
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The shoots are the runners of one of my favourite plants, Salix exigua, or the coyote willow.
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This season I’ve discovered the versatility of copper in my battle with Britain’s No.1 garden pest…
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