Krzysztof Dmowski @xaphanpl

**Rob** @DownTheGardenPath@mindly.social · 1d

Rob @DownTheGardenPath@mindly.social

OK #Gardening hive mind, a snap frost yesterday may have wiped out half my early #potatoes. Are they a gonner or can I revive them? #GrowOwnFood #growyourown #allotment

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**J blue** @jblue@mastodon.world · 4d

J blue @jblue@mastodon.world

@Jueltrae, alas, I’m not familiar with Polish community programs, but some German users here may be able to assist you with farming, gardening and #allotment in your climate. Try #garten for more visibility. (I’m in a subtropical climate.)

One suggestion: consider checking with local arborists for compost materials, as they need to dispose of waste and often need to pay to do so. It’s cheaper and convenient for them to give it to gardeners. Both US and UK have free services

**Emy Johanna** @EmyJohanna@pixelfed.art · May 1

May 1

Emy Johanna @EmyJohanna@pixelfed.art

Good catch at the #allotment today.
#tulips #fritillariameleagris #bloomscrolling

A photo of tulips and fritillaria in a vase.

#bloomscrolling

**Albert Cardona** @albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz · Apr 27

Apr 27

Albert Cardona @albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz

Bumblebee nest – accidentally revealed when lifting some cardboard. I’ve put it back as well as I could and committed that patch of the allotment to them for the reminder of the season.

http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/274540340

iNaturalistEarly Bumble Bee (Bombus pratorum)Early Bumble Bee in April 2025 by Albert Cardona. Accidentally uncovered a bumblebee nest under some cardboard.

#iNaturalist #bumblebees #nativebees

**Yvan** @yvan@toot.ale.gd · Apr 26

Apr 26

Yvan @yvan@toot.ale.gd

We're browsing Nasturtium seeds on Kings Seeds and Kat shouts out "nasty! nasty!" ... so now we're listening tho "Nasty!" by the Prodigy whilst browsing Nasturtium seeds.

We always had Nasturtiums growing and I grew up calling Nasturtiums "Nasties", because @JillyG does... I wonder: is this a common thing?

Do you call Nasturtiums "Nasties"?

0%Yes! Nasty! Nasty!
100%WTF? No...

#GYO #Gardening #Allotment

**Broadfork** @Broadfork@mastodon.green · Apr 22

Apr 22

Broadfork @Broadfork@mastodon.green

Old sheds united. #Allotment #Recycle #ReUse

Two old allotment sheds joined together and given a lick of left over blue paint. Made from reclaimed wood and wood recycled from two sheds several decades old. Two water butts are in place for rainwater harvesting and others will soon line the front and side of the shed. A compost heap is in front with the beginnings of a dead hedge behind. Raspberries are growing in the foreground. Trees of the nature reserve form the backdrop.

**Broadfork** @Broadfork@mastodon.green · Apr 22

Apr 22

Broadfork @Broadfork@mastodon.green

Some perennials or self sown annuals that need very little work.

Also some growing beds being prepped to be planted up probably a month from now.

One bed was broadcast sown with a varied mix of a whole load of different salad and root crops. #GrowYourOwn #HomeGrown #NoDig #Allotment #Gardening

Greenery on an allotment plot. A patch of self seeded phacelia in front, jostaberry bushes on the left and right with some tubs of sifted compost in between. In the distance is a patch of nettles, some raspberries and a greenhouse full of green manures.

Some growing beds on an allotment in the process of being hoed and weeded. The bed on the right has had phacelia biomass chopped and dropped on it. The other beds have been cleared. Green foliage in the foreground is of finished spring bulbs being taken over by comfrey, daisies, feverfew and red clover. The beds have sawdust and wood shaving pathways.

**Tau** @TauCeti@kolektiva.social · Apr 19

Apr 19

Tau @TauCeti@kolektiva.social

At the plot. It's raining in a variety of densities, no drizzle.
Stuff is growing despite the weather. Indoors, strawbs have gone mad and grow vertically .... well, so far.

Also various beans which will go outdoors later, still too cold for them.

Weirdly broadbeans are already flowering tho they're barely 15cm high.
I've bought a bag of them in a food shop and they originate from Iran, of all places.

Grapes are starting green shoots, lil carrots tops, leeks and garlic also. Spuds.

Nice.

#allotment #gardening #nature

**Rob Galpin** @Robgalpin@ecoevo.social · Apr 14

Apr 14

Rob Galpin @Robgalpin@ecoevo.social

First day of week off, the sun's still shining, and I'm up and out already, building these new beds for wildflowers along the edge of the polytunnel
#allotment #allotmentgardening

The side of a polytunnel in a garden. Rocks and logs have been placed along the edge to create flower beds

**Mactonex** @Mactonex@toot.community · Apr 12

Apr 12

Mactonex @Mactonex@toot.community

New tenant in shed № 2 #allotment #wasp #nature #wildlife #insects

A small wasps nest hanging off some red/orange coloured planks in my shed roof. The nest is a pale grey colour made of papier mache. A partial sphere encloses a slightly more conical shape which has a small hole in the bottom.

**Gina (she/they)** @GinaT86@mstdn.social · Apr 12

Apr 12

Gina (she/they) @GinaT86@mstdn.social

And look! Freecycle is the best, yesterday I saved 18 slabs to create the last path I need down the blueberry side of the #allotment. Now to move the bricks (also salvaged, perfect for holding netting down) and shuffle the slabs in a bit according to my precise measured plan Reuse gives such a warm fuzzy feeling

Photo of a little bit wobbly but pleasing long path between netted small blueberry bushes and grass, with watering cans visible in the distance. Gosh, the path must be almost 8m long!

**anamuk** @anamuk@esperanto.masto.host · Apr 2

Apr 2

anamuk @anamuk@esperanto.masto.host

La terpomoj alvenas!

Jen la ruĝa grafo de Jorko
#terpomo
#allotment

Eta planto kiu havas ruĝajn kaj verdajn foliojn

**clarebee** @clarebee@mastodon.green · Apr 1

Apr 1

clarebee @clarebee@mastodon.green

Fellow Northern Brits - what seeds are you sowing out already?

Saw a forecast for frosts/snow (!) later in April and now not sure what I'm doing... No greenhouse, v limited windowsill acreage... Still go ahead with broad beans/beetroot etc?

Thanks!

#allotment #GrowYourOwn

**Yvan** @yvan@toot.ale.gd · Mar 31 *

Mar 31 *

Yvan @yvan@toot.ale.gd

What is this weed? Dug out of a Norfolk UK allotment bed.

We saw these little fuzzy leaves poking out of the ground in the middle of our asparagus bed. I dug around them trying to get as much out as possible and my little trowel hit something that went crunch... I dug out this large root/rhizome/tuber... clearly not all of it either. It's huge!

I've no idea what this is.

Edit: as identified by @laurenheywood this is a bryony of some sort ... we actually had this weed growing amongst the asparagus last year and thought it might be some sort of cucumber, but then it had red berries. Turns out it's related to cucumber! I assumed it was some annual, not something with a huge tuber! No we know.

Some small fuzzy leaves held in a very dirty hand, they have long white stems on them extending to a large out of focus tuber behind.

A large plant tuber with skinny white stems extending from it which end in small young green foliage.

#GrowYourOwn #Weed #allotment

**Broadfork** @Broadfork@mastodon.green · Mar 20

Mar 20

Broadfork @Broadfork@mastodon.green

Plot progress. The front half is almost ready for sowing and planting up from next month onwards.

A Jostaberry now occupies the space the mass of wild brambles used to.
#NoDig #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #Mulch #Allotment

No dig gardening beds, some in the process of being made, run down the length of an allotment plot either side of a wood chip central path. Bags of collected wood chip are lying on cardboard with some rolls of wire mesh which will be used to protect a bed from curious muntjac. A couple of reclaimed water tanks will be sunk into the space in between the no dig beds for their new life as ponds.

A two year old Jostaberry plant taken from a cutting freshly transplanted and mulched with wood chip in an allotment bed. Some cardboard is placed as weed suppressant where a pathway will be in between the Jostaberry and a nettle patch. Wild brambles have been trained along a post and wire fence. Beyond that is a footpath and a re-laid hedge of a nature reserve. An elderberry is growing to the left surrounded with wood chip mulch.

**Broadfork** @Broadfork@mastodon.green · Mar 15

Mar 15

Broadfork @Broadfork@mastodon.green

The greenhouse full of soil blocks. It’s sow time. #GrowYourOwn #SeedStarting #SoilBlocks #GreenManures #Gardening #Allotment

An unheated greenhouse with plastic propagator trays covering a bench down one side and shelf units at the end and other side. The trays are full of soil blocks. Some have been sown, most will have smaller seed blocks transplanted into them when their seeds have germinated from warmer propagation indoors. Green manures of ryegrass and broad beans cover the greenhouse beds. Some over wintering crops are still to be harvested. Komatsuna are growing nearest the door. A brindle boxer dog is sitting inside the greenhouse looking slightly bored with the gardening antics.

**Amber Griffiths** @amberfirefly@mastodon.green · Mar 15

Mar 15

Amber Griffiths @amberfirefly@mastodon.green

Have been dressing all wrong for shovelling manure and wrangling brambles at the #allotment, this guardian article recommends a £110 *WHITE* cardigan, a £195 boilersuit, with a tiny £165 cashmere scarf and £260 shoes https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2025/mar/14/what-to-wear-for-spring-gardening

the Guardian · Mar 14What to wear for spring gardeningPerhaps you’re planning a weekend at the allotment. Or maybe your favourite thing about the garden centre is the tea and cake. However green your fingers, our styling editor has got you covered

**Broadfork** @Broadfork@mastodon.green · Mar 7

Mar 7

Broadfork @Broadfork@mastodon.green

The hedge laying is done for now. It needs tidying and I need to find some better stakes and more binders to finish the job, but the pleaching work is all done.

There’s now a recognisable pathway between the nature reserve and the plot.

Moments after taking this a fox poked its head around the corner before ambling off again.
#Hedge #Allotment #Gardening #Biodiversity