If you like listening to someone else clean their tools, then this is certainly the episode for you. If not, then we can only apologise and use this episode as an excellent remedy for insomnia.

A quiet early morning on the plot, watching the sunrise and listening to the birds waking up. In all transparency, not much has been done this week on the plots due to the frosty layer covering the ground. The lighter days on the way though, spring will soon be here!

This ep was recorded on a dark, snowy Sunday morning and we were in heaven, feeling the cold snap our our fingertips.

We've been living off Christmas leftovers this week and stumbled across an idea for composting food waste across holiday homes in Norfolk. NB post recording, Vicky has since found out that quite a few Norfolk council's do in fact recycle food waste but hey ho, a food composting service would still be welcome surely? 

Karin's been busy on her plot over Christmas, hunting for disappearing worms in her compost heap and building her hugelkultur back up to a huge mound with amazing precision using apple tree cuttings and woodchips.

Vicky's been busy at just her kitchen table planning out 2025 based on her remaining seed collection and mapping out her new beds.

Thanks for tuning in this week.

This episode was recorded on a dark, snowy morning on Sunday. Just beautiful to feel the cold snap at our fingertips.

Karin and Vicky are living off their leftovers this week and stumble across an idea for composting food waste across holiday homes in Norfolk. NB post recording, Vicky found out that quite a few  Norfolk council's do in fact recycle food waste but hey ho, a composting service would still be welcome maybe? 

Karin's been busy on her plot over Christmas, hunting for worms in her compost heap, building up her hugelkultur with precision using apple tree cuttings and woodchips for now. 

Vicky's been busy at just her kitchen table planning out 2025 based on her remaining seed collection. 

A very Happy New Year from the plot!

It's Christmas Eve and we are sending you love and light from Karin's shed as we exchange pressies and celebrate with you, wherever you are.

This episode is just long enough to listen to whilst you peel 10 potatoes, wrap a few pressies or walk the dog around the block.

We'd like to thank the following artists for the Christmas themed jingles on this episode:

MissyWhimsyArt - sleigh bells 

VoiceBosch - jingle bells 

Free sound - SantaClaus

As the shortest day of the year approaches, we look forward to the longer evenings and all of the possibilities that 2025 holds for the allotment, on all 4 of our half plots! 

Looking back on the few allotment diary entries we both made in 2024, it was clear we started our sowing way too early last year and so we'll be holding back on any sowing until March next year....will we resist the temptation?!

An upsetting look back on the year that was 2024. A year of a cold spring, a huge amount of slugs, an even colder summer and a harvest so small that you would struggle to sustain a person even for a few days.

Vicky's lists her wins as mostly structural. A shed and a fresh compost set up. Roll on 2025!

What do you give an allotmenteer who has most things she needs? Listen in as Vicky and Karin discuss dreamy gifts, some of which MIGHT be homemade in time for Christmas.

Today we dive into the wonder that is the Johnson-Su Bioreactor exploring the why, how, what and wheres of building this microbe and mycelium making composting system. We talk through the benefits for soil health and find the step-by-step construction amazing. Unlike the name suggests, this isn't rocket science and actually an easily built little system that will sit quietly on the plot for a year, busily making the most beautiful compost inoculant.

There's little else discuss other than the weather : )