Posted by Sacha on February 19, 2009, 6:50 am
What a truly excellent idea! B&Q have said that for the second year
running, their sale of veg seeds has gone up. I think this time 27% was
mentioned.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/4325171/National-Trust-to-give-la
nd-for-allotments.html
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
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Posted by Martin on February 19, 2009, 7:04 am
>What a truly excellent idea! B&Q have said that for the second year
>running, their sale of veg seeds has gone up. I think this time 27% was
>mentioned.
>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/4325171/National-Trust-to-give-land-for-allotments.html
"He pointed out that the vast proportion of land in Britain is owned by one per
cent of the population, meaning few ordinary people have access to land to grow
their own fruit and vegetables."
iffy statistics, many houses have a garden big enough to do both. One doesn't
need acres. Most can't cope with 50 sq/metres, although units of 100sq/metres
are provided as standard in the gardening club my wife runs. She is considering
offering units of 25sq/metres in future.
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Martin
Posted by Sacha on February 19, 2009, 7:21 am
On 19/2/09 12:04, in article caiqp45to12stjvt5v4ec0trtmvqaln2ic@4ax.com,
>
>> What a truly excellent idea! B&Q have said that for the second year
>> running, their sale of veg seeds has gone up. I think this time 27% was
>> mentioned.
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/4325171/National-Trust-to-give-lan
>> d-for-allotments.html
>
> "He pointed out that the vast proportion of land in Britain is owned by one
> per
> cent of the population, meaning few ordinary people have access to land to
> grow
> their own fruit and vegetables."
>
> iffy statistics, many houses have a garden big enough to do both. One doesn't
> need acres. Most can't cope with 50 sq/metres, although units of 100sq/metres
> are provided as standard in the gardening club my wife runs. She is
> considering
> offering units of 25sq/metres in future.
People constantly tell us they want to downsize their gardens. One chap
actually wrote asking us for ideas on making his large garden more
manageable. Prescient as I am ;-), I suggested that he might ask a younger
person to look after it in exchange for the opportunity to grow food and
flowers on it for his own family.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Perennials & shrubs online
Posted by Martin on February 19, 2009, 7:31 am
>On 19/2/09 12:04, in article caiqp45to12stjvt5v4ec0trtmvqaln2ic@4ax.com,
>>
>>> What a truly excellent idea! B&Q have said that for the second year
>>> running, their sale of veg seeds has gone up. I think this time 27% was
>>> mentioned.
>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/4325171/National-Trust-to-give-lan
>>> d-for-allotments.html
>>
>> "He pointed out that the vast proportion of land in Britain is owned by one
>> per
>> cent of the population, meaning few ordinary people have access to land to
>> grow
>> their own fruit and vegetables."
>>
>> iffy statistics, many houses have a garden big enough to do both. One doesn't
>> need acres. Most can't cope with 50 sq/metres, although units of 100sq/metres
>> are provided as standard in the gardening club my wife runs. She is
>> considering
>> offering units of 25sq/metres in future.
>People constantly tell us they want to downsize their gardens. One chap
>actually wrote asking us for ideas on making his large garden more
>manageable. Prescient as I am ;-), I suggested that he might ask a younger
>person to look after it in exchange for the opportunity to grow food and
>flowers on it for his own family.
LOL it seems to be the older people, like my wife, who look after other people's
unkempt gardens here. Many start life in a flat buy a house and then pave over
the garden. To me buying a house if you don't want a garden is utterly
pointless.
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Martin
Posted by Spider on February 19, 2009, 8:23 am
> On 19/2/09 12:04, in article caiqp45to12stjvt5v4ec0trtmvqaln2ic@4ax.com,
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What a truly excellent idea! B&Q have said that for the second year
>>> running, their sale of veg seeds has gone up. I think this time 27% was
>>> mentioned.
>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/4325171/National-Trust-to-give-lan
>>> d-for-allotments.html
>>
>> "He pointed out that the vast proportion of land in Britain is owned by
>> one
>> per
>> cent of the population, meaning few ordinary people have access to land
>> to
>> grow
>> their own fruit and vegetables."
>>
>> iffy statistics, many houses have a garden big enough to do both. One
>> doesn't
>> need acres. Most can't cope with 50 sq/metres, although units of
>> 100sq/metres
>> are provided as standard in the gardening club my wife runs. She is
>> considering
>> offering units of 25sq/metres in future.
> People constantly tell us they want to downsize their gardens. One chap
> actually wrote asking us for ideas on making his large garden more
> manageable. Prescient as I am ;-), I suggested that he might ask a
> younger
> person to look after it in exchange for the opportunity to grow food and
> flowers on it for his own family.
> --
> Sacha
> http://www.hillhousenursery.com
> South Devon
> Perennials & shrubs online
An elderly neighbour of mine was keen to do this with part of her garden,
and she asked my advice. I said that, in principle, it was a great idea but
that she would have to allow access to this gardener almost at will. The
local gardener she had in mind is a very close friend of mine who works.
This friend would need access to the garden before leaving for work, after
work or after cooking dinner; in other words, all sorts of odd hours. In
effect, the elderly neighbour would need to leave her side gate unlocked for
long periods or all day. This worried her, as it should. It worried me,
knowing that she had already succumbed to a bogus electricity caller (she
ran from the house screaming and the caller decamped). There were other
issues, too, as there are bound to be with this kind of arrangement. If
the proffered plot were a front or side garden, then it may work very well
because access is so much easier, but a back garden plot is fraught with
problems and dangers.
Spider
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>running, their sale of veg seeds has gone up. I think this time 27% was
>mentioned.
>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/4325171/National-Trust-to-give-land-for-allotments.html