Year: 2008
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Almost one year
Crop updates, misterious finding. It is almost one year since I got my allotment, but before I can sit and reflect on progress, there are some crops that I can still plant: barbe di frate and cima di rapa quarantina so I have to hurry digging the beds before it’s too late (one year and…
About Me
M.Paola, that’s me
I got my first allotment in the UK in 2007 and started gI got my first allotment in the UK in 2007 and started growing my own food. Learning as I went along was not enough, so I studied horticulture. Faced with the horticultural warfare, I became a conscientious objector: I use no chemicals and support organic principles and regulations.
Brexit gave me a new life in the Netherlands, three new plots by a nature reserve and an MSc in sustainable food systems.
I write in my personal capacity and, as a language perfectionist and a non native speaker, I keep reviewing my entries’ text for clarity.
Links
- Growing veg for a living album
- UK allotment photo albums
- 1 Year at Wisley photo album
- Me and Kew photo album
- Bees & pollinators photo album
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