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Time spent in nature is good for body and soul. Join wildlife experts and nature writers as they share different aspects of the great outdoors in a range of interesting sessions.

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Main image: a woman holding a handful of healthy soil, with a little green seedling sticking out the top.

Allotment Diaries Part 24 – How to Test Your Soil Health

The Allotment Diaries Episode 24

Main image: a person wearing green wellies earthing potatoes, doing May allotment gardening jobs.

Allotment Diaries Part 23 – May Allotment Gardening

The Allotment Diaries Episode 23

Main image: a small cluster of dandelions and their leaves, some in flower and some with seeds, over a blue grey background.

Allotment Diaries Part 22 – Dandelion Uses and Dahlia Supports

The Allotment Diaries Episode 22

Main image: a DIY bee bath for the garden, made from a terracotta pot and saucer with marbles for the bees to land on. With cute yellow bees painted on the side.

DIY Bee Bath for the Garden

Main image: group of green young seedlings pushing up through the soil.

Allotment Diaries Part 21 – How to Sow Seeds and Grow Strong Seedlings

The Allotment Diaries Episode 21

Main image: trowel and rake in the soil after preparing the ground for spring seedlings.

Allotment Diaries Part 20 – Squash Beds, Climbing Beans and Spring Seedlings

The Allotment Diaries Episode 20

Main image: a blue tit bird standing on a leaf in the snow in winter.

Allotment Diaries Part 19 – Supporting Birds and Wildlife Through Winter

The Allotment Diaries Episode 19

Main image: Photo of a hedgerow in British countryside, along a woven wicker fence. With blue skies and beautiful countryside in the background.

Hedgerow Myth Busting and How to Support Them

Main Image: a close up image in the sunshine of a comfrey plant, used to make comfrey tea - with beautiful purple flowers.

How to Make Natural Fertiliser: Comfrey Tea

The Allotment Diaries Episode 13

Main Image: person watering a plants seedling with a green watering can, in a garden in the summer sunshine. Practicing summer water-saving tips

Summer Water-Saving, Slug Tips and Free Plants

The Allotment Diaries Episode 12

Main Image: Slug eating a cabbage leaf - demonstrating the need for organic slug control in gardening.

Organic Slug Control and Successional Sowing Tips

The Allotment Diaries Episode 11

Main Image: a close up of an alpaca outdoors

Meet the Alpacas!

Main Image: A woman in a flower field picking a bunch of flowers from her cut flower garden - in the sunshine wearing a yellow/orange apron.

Planning a Cut Flower Garden and a Seed Swap

The Allotment Diaries Episode 10

landscape photo of rachel moore wearing a hat in front of her allotment on a bright sunny day

Winter allotment jobs

The Allotment Diaries Episode 6

Planting different seeds in soil

Heritage Seeds, Wildlife Gardens and Spring Prep

The Allotment Diaries Episode 7