Episode 15 - Allotment committees, history and conversation with site rep Sharon Copple

Welcome back to the Sunflower Allotment Podcast!

This week we take shade under Peter's apple tree with Sharon Copple, our allotment site rep and seed buyer on our site. Amongst a host of things, Sharon discusses some allotment history of our site, as well as her thoughts on mental health and gardening, her take on soil, Potato Day, the role of a site rep and the joy of being the first plot on the allotment site! 

00:00 - Introduction including the allotment committee and her role. 
08:58 - Allotment history, including it's fight for surival in the 70s.
19:05 - Allotment committees and soil mangement .
27:40 - Allotment officers and the challenge of allotment theft
32:33 - Funny sights on the plot
34:15 - Potato day

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