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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · Mar 07, 2026

This talk from Dave Goulson has some great information from a citizen science survey about bee hotels in the UK.

Well worth a watch and if you want to put up a bee hotel in the UK now is a great time to do it.

Bee hotels peak occupancy in the UK is in April and May.

I’ve attached two screenshots from the end of the presentation.

#Pollinators #Bees #BeeHotels #UK #SolarPunk #SolarPunkSunday #Gardening

Improving Bee Hotel Design: The Big Bee Hotel Experiment.
https://youtu.be/6c_YhzKD0mo?si=s1ufbDx9rZ1PRXuc

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · Mar 05, 2026

Home made garden amendments, potions and ingredients. #Gardening #KNF #Biodynamic #Permaculture

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · Mar 02, 2026

Spring has sprung on the plot. #Allotment #Gardening #Spring

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · Mar 02, 2026

Sunny Spring day. Ernie’s first happy roll in the grass of 2026. #DogsOfMastodon #Spring

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · Mar 01, 2026

The Green Party EW really needs an account (or a series of area accounts) to grow an active, presence on mastodon.

Bots and bridged accounts from threads or bluesky offer diminishing returns.
#GreenParty #GPEW

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · Feb 27, 2026

This interview is a good example of why I no longer watch any live UK news media or buy newspapers. Our media are frankly dreadful.

Zak Polanski is showing he is a class act in calmly dealing with this nonsense.

Green policy on a Public Health led approach to combating drug use, trans rights being human rights and wanting better protections for sex workers are anathema to UK broadcasters.
#GreenParty #UKPolitics #UKMedia

https://youtu.be/XaHE7n9rT8Y?si=Yp6-oqXcud4aFbP-

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · Feb 27, 2026

#FootpathFriday

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · Feb 27, 2026

The result’s not declared yet but it’s looking good for a Green Party win in the byelection in Gorton and Denton 🤞. #GreenParty #UKPolitics

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · Feb 24, 2026

I tried out the trommel. It sieved a wheelbarrow load of compost in no time. #SolarPunk #Gardening #Compost

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · Feb 22, 2026

@keefeglise@mastodonapp.uk @allotments@fedigroups.social More than likely we’ll be at the mercy of those blocking highs again. Much better to have some rainwater stored than not.

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · Feb 22, 2026

@keefeglise@mastodonapp.uk @allotments@fedigroups.social I love an allotment view. Thanks for sharing. Hope the rain relents.

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · Feb 22, 2026

@keefeglise@mastodonapp.uk @allotments@fedigroups.social Nice one, that’ll come in handy. IBC tanks are great we have one at home.

On the plot I have a selection of water butts, metal barrels, dustbins and old water tanks to collect the winter rains in.

I hope to not have to use any of the tapped supply on site this year.

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · Feb 14, 2026

@keefeglise@mastodonapp.uk That’s encouraging. My rhubarb is still hibernating.

@allotments@fedigroups.social

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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I’m a no dig allotment gardener in the UK (9a). Compost maker, dog walker, vegetarian, anxiety sufferer. Climate issues and UK Green Party will be boosted. No Alt Text no boost. My avatar is my brindle boxer dog Ernie and the header is a bed of pink hylotelephium spectabile in early autumn.

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green · Feb 06, 2026

Sadly I am detached from the land around me. It’s the same land of my childhood. The land I grew up in is not far away but it is gone. I feel I am just waking up to how much things have changed. I’ve lost my way and I’m trying to find my way back but the land around me no longer resembles my memories of it. Only when I’m doing some work with the land, tending plants, harvesting produce, making compost do I feel any sense of real belonging in this changed world around me.

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