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Dr. Lesley Acton

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Author of Growing Space: A history of the allotment movement. https://teapawt.net/t.co/BIvcQPp8uf.

Joined September 2010
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Stephen Parker@StephenGParker23 Jun 2023
Thank you so so much for all the kind and generous support after the announcement of my new book yesterday..Englands Gardens A Modern History by Stephen Parker. Published by Dorling Kindersley worldwide and released June 29th…
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Ellen Mary@EllenMaryGarden23 Jun 2023
5.30am allotment. Watching the foxes before they hide & other wildlife waking up. I read how abundant, successful people get up really early & make their millions. I wouldn’t switch these moments outside in nature for anything. This is true abundance 💚 #nature #gardening
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Help us get our new #allotment site up and running ! We’re turning 3.5 acres of unused pasture land into a new allotment site for #wrawby, #brigg and surrounding areas. We need committee members and new #gardeners. Visit us at starcarr.co.uk #NorthLincs #TheGoodLife
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🥳 Our brand new 3.5. Acre Allotment site in #Wrawby, #NorthLincs opens soon !! 🥳 🥦🥬ALLOTMENTS AVAILABLE from as little as 70p per day 🍅🥕 Email the committee at [email protected] or visit our brand new website !! starcarr.co.uk/
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New tree species in Brazil probably the world's heaviest living organism buff.ly/2z6C8DP
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just seen this @lialeendertz piece in The Garden , Jan 2017. Lia is so right about the gutsy Farm Terrace campaign.
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A timely reminder during our seminar week of why we work so hard to educate farmers: Education is the future! #education #agriculture #soilHealth #health #regeneration ow.ly/dbmt30gGfl9
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Helen Yoest@HelenYoest21 Nov 2017
gardeningwithconfidence.com/…
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Allotment News UK@Allotment246 Oct 2017
Move to transfer allotments to a trust comes under scrutiny yorkpress.co.uk/news/1552149…
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12 required for display and 5 for the long carrot class.
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@EcoWatch28 Aug 2017
World’s #Soils Have Lost 133bn Tonnes of Carbon Since the Dawn of #Agriculture ecowatch.com/soil-carbon-los… @greenpeaceusa @OrganicConsumer @350
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My review of this glorious new book by Barbara Segall on Secret Gardens of East Anglia blackberrygarden.co.uk/2017/… #bookreview #gdnbloggers
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Darren Lakin@darrenlakin24 Sep 2017
Toying with the idea of adding a tiny hedge around each of the potager beds 🤔🤔🤔🤔
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Rob Smith@RobsAllotment29 Aug 2017
It took me a second, then I was howling with laughter! 😆 please RT and give your gardening pals a laugh 👍🏻
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Mike Rogers@Sofaflyer27 Aug 2017
Tomatoes - Gardener's Delight, Golden Sunrise, Legend and Sunrise Bumblebee - all grown outside on the plot..
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Rob Smith@RobsAllotment2 Aug 2017
There are a lot of echinacea on the Dutch allotment I went to see today! I think someone is a little obsessed! 😆
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Mike Rogers@Sofaflyer6 Aug 2017
Today's Flighty's plot blog post is The start of August flightplot.wordpress.com/201…
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If DPRK ICBM re-entry vehicle did burn up, it should not be cause for relief. Threat will materialize soon enough. 38north.org/2017/07/melleman… – at Washington, DC
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🌊 World Aquariums Against Marine Litter is about acting together on the preservation of #OurOcean. Discover it here: ourocean2017.org/campaigns
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Allotment News UK@Allotment2427 Jun 2017
Animals stolen and site trashed in ‘devastating’ allotment raid shieldsgazette.com/news/crim…
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