Editor – Uta has described how a group of allotmenteers set up a wildflower meadow at the Washbrook allotments in the first two episodes. Her story concludes here. Towards the end of June, Alan Cann, a local naturalist, visited the Washbrook Allotments to look for invertebrates in the wildflower meadow. Alan has a particular interest […]
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The becoming of a wildflower meadow – episode 2 by Uta Hamzaoui
Editor: Last week, Uta described the early steps in creating a wildflower meadow on Welford Rd allotments – her story continues here… The main area of the meadow was dominated by different grasses that seem to have out-competed the wildflowers on the deeper soil. Docks and Nettles also thrived in the area where the compost […]
The becoming of a wildflower meadow – a story in two parts
In 2012, a small group of people decided to create a wildflower meadow in the ‘communal area’ of the Washbrook Allotments in Knighton. The communal area can’t be used to grow produce as it sits on top of a water storage tank and only has a shallow layer of soil. For some time, a corner […]
Wildlife on the Washbrook Allotment – notes by Uta Hamzaoui
I have always wanted to have a closer look at the wildlife on our allotment but usually when I am there there is a lot of other work to do. However, in February I have started a regular bird survey to record all birds I can see and hear on a circular walk through the […]
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