Sunflower Allotment Podcast

Welcome back to the Sunflower Allotment Podcast!
In this episode, Peter and Tim catch up on a warm and windy April morning to discuss seed swapping and allotment events. Peter also shares his productive allotment plot which has a staggering 300 garlic bulbs planted! We then hear from a recording back in February when Tim popped down to the inaugral Bungay seed swap and chatted to the organiser Lydia.

Welcome back to the Sunflower Allotment Podcast!
In this very special episode we welcome Stina Lindholm, a community gardern and community worker from Oslo to talk about allotments in Norway. Stina explains the differences between an allotment in Norway to the UK as well as the impact the differing climate has on her vegetable growing.
In her job as a community manager in Oslo, Stina also discusses her role and we touch on the impact local politics has in advocating for green space and vegetable growing. Stina also reveals her romantic intention for getting into gardening!
Links:
Edible Cities: https://www.edicitnet.com/
Norwegian Allotments
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Welcome and back to the Sunflower Allotment Podcast!
The New Year is here and with it plenty of allotment jobs! During this episode we discuss allotment jobs as well as planning for the planting of a fantastic and rewarding perennial: asparagus.
January is a quiet month but a great month to prepare the plot for the future. Peter and Tim discuss January jobs such as buying seeds, tool inventories, cleaning pots, putting manure on the beds, pruning fruit trees as well as two important community days coming up: Potato Day and Norwich Community Seed Swap.
Asparagus is a superb vegetable that, in time, can be extremely rewarding. Rachel and Peter discuss the winter soil preparation for planting Asparagus in the Spring as well as tips for planting the crowns in April.
00:00 - 11:46 - January Jobs
11:46 - 19:30 - Asparagus
19:30 - 21:05 - Closing comments
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Welcome back to the Sunflower Allotment Podcast!
It's the end of 2022 so Peter, Rachel and Tim sit down to reflect on the year and run through their allotment resolutions for 2023!
As part of the reflection we discuss the changing cliamte focusing on the summer drought and February storms. We also explore the three categories of: 'top performers', 'could do betters' and our 'grow more of'. We triumph in our tomatoes, sulk on sweetcorns and commit to looking after our soil as it feels the pressure of our heating climate.
Inspired by Joy Larkcom's piece title 'New Year Resolutions' from 1974 article for 'Kitchen Garden' that can be found in her book, Just Vegetating, we also run through our own allotment resolutions for 2023.
It has been a fantastic first year podcasting. Thank you to everyone who has subscrbed, commented on twitter, left reviews and shared allotment inspiration. If you have any questions or requests for episodes please do get in touch:
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Welcome back to the Sunflower Allotment Podcast!
This week Peter visits Tim's plot and shows him how to plant his onions and shallots. We also discuss the preparation of onions (including topping) and how to best prepare your onion bed.
Peter also explains the importance of chasing down weeds (especially the dreaded couch grass) and we share in the enthusiasm of Peter planting his firs early potatoes...in mid-March!
00:00 - The week on the plot
02:58 - Weeds and chasing couch
09:22 - Onions overview
18:46 - Preparing and topping onions
22:37 - Planting onions
36:20 - Planting first early potates
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