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The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living

The Plot Thickens

"The Plot Thickens" podcast: Join Karin and Vicky every Tuesday as they dive into their allotment adventures. With coffee in hand, they explore soil, compost, and growing. Not experts, just two passionate women nurturing soil and life. Tune in for their garden triumphs, mishaps, and life lessons. Discover soil enrichment secrets and the happiness found in tending plots. Whether you"re a seasoned allotment gardener or a curious green thumb, this is your green oasis. Join their cozy gardening circle

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00:43:31

Our favourite place

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/07/02

A busy week in Hertfordshire with inspiring visits to both the Kitchen Garden and Groundswell, the Regenerative Agriculture Festival. On the allotments the growing has finally started after the hot weather, making all the hard work worth it.

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00:36:40

Is that a possum on the plot?

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/06/25

We had a lovely natter on a sunny plot - the sun is finally beating down on us!We’ve become Wildlife champions with Wilderhood Watch in St Albans but what does that actually mean? Karin’s little one spotted what she thought was a possum on the plot, but no, it was a Hedgehog ! So the whole family are now fully focused on operation hedgehog home building this week! Are you going to Groundswell? We’ll be there on Wednesday 26th June and are so looking forward to meeting so many wonderful people

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00:33:32

Permaculture obv.

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/06/18

Did anyone say permaculture? Vicky deep dives into her online course and shares her new found fascination with contour mapping. Both have enjoyed a small first harvest from their plots, making all the work on the plots worth it. With thanks to Alex Kizenskov for intro music.

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00:31:43

Compost content

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/06/11

With so much of the new plant growth being nibbled back on the plots, this week we focus on the growth of our compost and mulches instead!Vicky’s been creating hot compost and is thrilled with its rising temperatures and her neighbourly fox has been turning it for her. How kind? Karin has been using community cuttings and cartons to build up her numerous heaps and the cut grass has been making her temperatures soar too. We’ve also been experimenting with green mulch, making lasagne layers of

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00:34:55

But what about mushrooms?

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/06/04

Join Vicky and Karin as they share their newfound knowledge in mushroom growing, thanks to a fellow allotmenteer. Big plans follow for experimenting further in their raised beds, with Black Pearl and King Oyster already having made it into the online basket.

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00:27:41

We may need to cut this out...

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/05/28

You can be witness to our pathetic attempt at a catchy trailer. Clearly we need to record another one but hey, this will do for this week! In slug news...in a night of anger when a red mist fell over the plot, Vicky counts over 100 slugs on her courgettes and sunflowers. But what does the world do with these little pests and how on earth do we deal with the consequences of radical action? We're talk GRASS this week. Karin makes a mess of No Mow May with a botched attempt of a wistful mowed

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00:28:48

How hot is your heap?

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/05/21

Vicky has started a permaculture course and Karin is about have her training as a Wildlife Champion, without really knowing what this entails. After having filled her newly constructed compost with several layers of greens and browns in one go, Vicky has invested in a compost thermometer. The results are pleasing while Karin’s heap is unexpectedly chilly.

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00:31:30

Dreaming of hoes

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/05/14

We're obsessed. There's something so satisfying about the gentle swoosh of hoeing the grid lines in the finest layer of compost on the top of our beds. We're dreaming of the ultimate tool, the copper swing hoe. It's a thing of absolute beauty and completely beyond our budget. We'd love to hear about your dream tool, even if it only appears on a birthday wish list! Do email us at tptpod@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram @theplotthickenspod.

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00:33:49

No Mow May

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/05/07

Vicky and Karin have had a visit from Martyn from Agriton on possibly the coldest day of the spring, necessitating a morning in the shed. No mow May is in full swing, reaping rewards for wildlife but leaving the compost piles lacking in green material. Link below to the lawn podcast that Karin is referring to. With thanks to Alex Kizenkov for intro music. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/growing-greener-greener-grass-with-david-hedges-gower/id1540573682?i=1000630256253

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00:43:25

Stinky Teas

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/04/30

From bokashi to nettle, comfrey to horn manure, Karin and Vicky are well into organic stinky teas and preparations for indoor plants, pots and plots. Listen in as they describe their favourite natural ingredients as alternatives to chemical fertilisers. Clearly Vicky's glee and fascination of terrariums has blended with her excitement for geraniums and so throughout this episode she now refers to terraniums. Apologies. She means TERRARIUMS. Terrariums Talk referred to Ben Newell,

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00:32:00

Sowings and the Clothing Loop

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/04/23

Vicky has been busy with her sowings again, extending her IKEA shoe racks almost across the whole length of the back of the house. Karin has had her first bag in the new Clothing Loop with a sweet little handy surprise inside. And of course it was The Gardeners’ World Magazine podcast with Kate Bradbury (season 12,ep 3) that Karin was rambling on about, not Garden Organics.

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00:44:14

Sowing, Snails and Swapping.

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/04/16

A jam packed episode this week as the sowing seasons ramps up! Tune in to hear about all that's been sowed, pricked out and transplanted this week on the plots, in the greenhouse and along endless windowsills! You'll be delighted to hear Vicky's mollusc update and our listener tips for snail and slug management! Karin is excited to start the Clothing Loop, a St Albans Clothes Swap Initiative to reduce clothes waste and pass on old favourites...Vicky's still waiting for her

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00:34:33

A slug's paradise

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/04/09

The warmer weather has arrived and with it has the slugs. Vicky’s broccoli has been obliterated but she thinks she has found a solution to the problem with a slug stew. Karin’s plot is surprisingly slug free and she puts it down to the pond with it’s hungry inhabitants. Vicky has been to an inspiring B and B over the Easter holidays; right up her street with birds everywhere.

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00:35:50

Time Warp: Navigating the Confusion of Springing...

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/04/02

This week we unravel the enigma of springing forward, but end up lost in time! Please do not refer to this episode for any sense-making on the clocks going forward. We clearly hadn't had enough coffee when we were recording. This week, with Vicky's mishap, we're all about slowing life down, The chilly, soggy weather gives us the perfect excuse to embrace a leisurely pace on the plot. Tune in as we delve into eco-friendly gardening practices, from reusing coffee grounds to encouraging

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00:38:36

I can see your shed

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/03/26

The spring equinox has arrived and with it lots of seed sowing, using newly found 'potting benches' from the St Albans Reuse site. Vicky gets excited about being able to see Karin's shed across the allotment, albeit at a safe distance, and devises a plan for a colour coded flag system. Vicky also puts Karin through a humiliating test of her own seeds; revealing Karin's lack of knowledge of anything seed related. With thanks to Alex Kizenkov for intro music.

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00:32:59

Sowing Bee

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/03/19

Oh dear. Production values are lacking on this episode people - sorry about the wind and reverb.If you can bear to bear with us, we’ve got an uninterrupted episode as we dive into a good long chat about all we’ve sowed this week, plans for the plots. If you love endless seed-sowing talk, you're in for a treat! Karin shares an idea about using a seed tray as a mini replica of a bed to ensure frugal seed sowing and Vicky talks about the satisfaction of prepping seed compost in module trays ahead

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00:27:32

Shed hysteria

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/03/12

After a quick debrief about their first ever interview follows lots of chatting about Vicky’s new ’home’; a pretty little shed that was put up in an hour and a half by a couple of very efficient shed builders. All she needs now is a nail gun to make her life on the plot complete.With thanks to Alex Kizenkov for intro music.

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00:36:14

Rain, rain, go away

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/03/05

Vicky has been prepping her plot for shed delivery and is worrying about her levelling not being up to scratch. Karin has been busy sowing some experimental seed batches, documented in a newly bought 5yr diary.

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00:35:36

Have you ever seen the Milky Way?

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/02/27

We’re bathed in a spot of sunshine this week.Karin finds an interesting opportunity to share a small holding for free in Ware, Hertfordshire via the AllotMe website. The lure of beekeeping and a poly-tunnel for free gets Karin all excited but she decides its suited to someone on an allotment waiting list locally. AllotMe app is a great place to go if you can’t wait to grow in a green space but the local allotment waiting list is too long. AllotMe matches the growers with owners of gardens that can

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00:29:19

Biodynamic Birthday

The Plot Thickens - No-Dig, Allotment Living ·

2024/02/20

The usual flurry of love for a day at Waltham Place's Biodynamic Gardening course! We honestly couldn't wait to talk through our amazing day so this episode was recorded in the car! It makes for an excellent studio so this week's sound is a treat for your ears! We found out so much more about : seed compost mixes and which may be the most sustainable all manner of green or time saving seed trays the beauty of a planting plan to reduce "noise" in the mind sharing space

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