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Section: Community Land Advice

Land Advice

Most recent post : 20th October 2012 @ 13:07 | Topics : 4 | Posts this week : 0

Please put your questions to our professionals from the Community Land Advisory Service (http://www.communitylandadvice.org.uk/). They can be anything to do with leases, licenses, agreements, rent, responsibilities, maintenance, insurance and buying land.

Tags: maintenence, council, Allotment

Section: Local Events

Local event in your area

Most recent post : 27th November 2012 @ 12:37 | Topics : 33 | Posts this week : 1

Do you have an event coming up in your area that you want to tell the Landshare community about? Or did you have a great day at a recent event that you want to get off your chest? Tell everyone about it here.

Section: Growing

What are you growing?

Most recent post : 26th October 2012 @ 01:01 | Topics : 38 | Posts this week : 0

Welcome to the new site, to kick these forums off, why not tell us what you're growing, got in the ground or plan to plant this season?

Section: Harvesting

What are your havesting plans this summer?

Most recent post : 31st October 2011 @ 21:05 | Topics : 8 | Posts this week : 0

Got some big plans for summer or some sage advice on when to harvest ? Why not share them with the Landshare community. Maybe you have succeeded in having a regular fruit and veg supply all year round? Here is the place to tell others all about it.

Tags: yields, challenge, volume, enter, productive, carving, weather, helper, carved, yield, produce, winner, Halloween, competition, Food, pumpkin, growing, Landshare

Section: Soil

The brown stuff

Most recent post : 27th March 2012 @ 17:50 | Topics : 11 | Posts this week : 0

There's so much to say about getting the perfect soil for your gardening. Seaweed or compost, organic or not? What do you think makes the perfect combination for growing healthy fruit and vegetables. Kick off this forum by sharing your secrets.

Tags: labour, adible, saving, preparation, seeding, synergistic, flood, friendly, gypsum, coffee grinds, potting, csa, fertility, economical, clay soil, soils, eco, pesticide, worms, aminopyralid

Section: Pests & Diseases

Pests & Diseases

Most recent post : 21st August 2012 @ 11:05 | Topics : 20 | Posts this week : 0

Slugs, snails, aphids, fungus and bacteria - when did they all decide your veg patch was a gourmet restaurant? If you have advice on how to discourage these unwanted guests then please share with the rest of us.

Tags: discoloration, symbiosis, control, pigeons, crows, pige, corvids, forking, lager, snails, rats, pigeon, fox, fungus, downpour, disease, slug, shooting, blackfly, leaf

Section: Chat

Room for a good natter - about anything you like

Most recent post : 1st May 2013 @ 09:57 | Topics : 42 | Posts this week : 0

Just want to chew the cud with fellow landsharers? Have a good natter about anything you like right here.

Tags: safe, Yalding, lecture, CPD, smallholders, propogators, resolutions, new year, promise, grow for all, bad habits, bonfires, tidy, controlled, night, eden, architecture, landowner, asf, need

Section: Equipment

equipment

Most recent post : 30th November 2011 @ 21:44 | Topics : 8 | Posts this week : 0

Old school farming equipment still the best, or are the latest gadgets worth the money? Join the debate or set up a new category yourself to discuss equipment issues.

Tags: material, equipment, custom, plotholders, budget, polytunnels, allotment camera, wildlife camera, book, greenhouses, suggestions, gardeners, landsharers, essex, list, greenhouse,

Section: Eating

Eating and cooking

Most recent post : 25th November 2011 @ 06:23 | Topics : 8 | Posts this week : 0

Got some great ideas on what to do with all those turnips and plums? Tell us your recipes for sensible seasonal eating.

Tags: seasonal, gruesome, spicy, pancake, spice, treats, autumn crocus, celebrating, gifts, presents, greengage, home-grown, sloe gin, chutneys, butternut, ideas, olive, curry, chutney, surplus

Section: Land availability

Allotments

Most recent post : 17th January 2013 @ 15:22 | Topics : 27 | Posts this week : 0

Are they as long as everyone says they are? Have you been lucky or unlucky on the waiting list for an allotment? Or has your family owned an allotment for years and you have some fond memories that you want to share here?

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