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They want to take my allotment away from me.

Sapindus · 2023-05-02 19:58:16

I've had my allotment since 2012. I practice a sort of semi-no-dig permaculture approach. I harvest potatoes, blackcurrants, rhubarb, broad beans, artichokes, asparagus, runner beans, squashes and courgettes, salads, broccoli and kale, radishes, chard and all the other little things. Occasionally things get a but weedy but…

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Farway Posts: 14,811 Forumite

9 May 2023 at 10:13AM

twopenny said:

That was a great opportunity Sapin.

I once had a self appointed official comment 'well your garden is a bit overgrown'

I replied 'it took me 10yrs to get it to look like that!'
Always plant dense a) for the reason you said b) less weeding.

Reminds me of Dolly Parton saying it costs her a fortune to look so cheap

Gardener’s pest is chef’s escargot
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