Thingwall Allotment Society
Environment
Organic Growing
Horticulture, gardening or whatever you wish to call it has a wide variety of opinions and views about how things should and should not be done. What we aim to do here is promote discussion and views on tending for your allotment
Hints and Tips
Organic or ecological growers view their activities as an intergrated whole and try to establish a sustainable way forward by conserving non-renewabale resources and eliminating reliance on external inputs.
If you are an organic grower and use farmyard manure have you given consideration to the welfare of the animals on the farm you obtained the manure from? Likewise if you use straw do you know if chemicals were used in the growing of the straw?
Do you use chemicals such as pesticides and fertilizers? Have you thought of the potential impact they may have on the ecosystem? What alternative methods are there and do they work?
Have you tested the soil on your allotment or garden yet? Is it sand, clay, silt, stones and gravel. Have you tested the soil pH yet? What are the best ways to manage the soil on your plot?
Have you a plan on what you are going to grow? How about sharing this with other allotment holders. You might be able to share seeds and seedlings. This might save you money and give you a greater choice in what you grow.
Soil testing
What to grow