Allotment-Farming

We've had three seasons of growing on our allotment plot in Hingham, Norfolk. 

Plot 22 is a source of joy, sustenance, healing and growth for us. In journeying towards food sovereignty we’ve learned that this act of resistance and self-determination is most fruitful if it is shared. 

Everyone has the right to determine their health and their food. Anyone can grow things, but the reality in the UK is that very few people are able to exercise this right, with access to land being an intrinsic barrier, amongst a myriad of systematic social justice issues. 

We want to dismantle the narrative that gardening and basking in nature are privileges reserved only for the dominant culture. 

Being an allotment farmer has a deep history in the commons, resistance, and people feeding themselves. Let's reclaim that history to sustain our future. 
     


 

Practices

We use agro-ecological principles, autonomously designing the practices and systems that work in harmony with Nature. We are learning how to grow all the time by reading, connecting with growers and sages, making mistakes, and observing the natural world. 

Some of our practices:




Seeds 

We get our seeds from Tamar Organics and Real Seeds. Unless we have to because of supplies, every seed we use is organic and not F1; meaning it can be saved and will continue to produce healthy, chemical free, pure nourishment.
 



Annuals  

We can sustain ourselves, friends and family from the plot, and we want to do this year round.



Perennials

We are committed to cultivating more perennials, which help to feed and improve the soil longer term. Perennials are plants that live on, they come back every year as opposed to other plants which need to be sown from seed usually every one or two years. On our plot we have some fruit trees that we’ve been nursing back to life, peach, apple and pear, and we have comfrey, berries, rhubarb and plenty of herbs. And of course, nettle. 



Structures 


We build the structures we need using recycled and found materials whenever we can.