Summer survivors: Grow your own vegetables

Long, sunny days are wonderful for crops in community gardens and allotments, until the rain comes to an abrupt halt! With hotter, drier summers becoming more common across the UK, consider how to grow your own vegetables successfully. Some crops positively revel in sunshine and lack of rain, whilst others struggle when temperatures soar. Constant…

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Holiday-Proof Your Community Garden

August is a wonderful month in the garden. There is a glorious abundance of summer veg crops, and containers are at their very best. It’s also the time when many of the community head off on holiday. This leaves behind the question of how to keep plants well watered when fewer folk are around. The…

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Tips for June

Within our Cultivation Street network there are individuals with amazing knowledge both about gardening and running community gardens. They understand first-hand the needs of organisations and can tailor their advice to this. Our tips for the month is written by Cath from Welsh House Farm Green Grafters community gardening group. Cath not only has endless…

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