My Wildlife AllotmentMar 12

If you live in the UK you can vote for my wildlife and climate-change allotment garden in a big BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine garden competition which wants to find the best garden out of 20 past winners (I am Nadine Mitschunas, Judge`s Choice Winner 2021):

Gardens of the Year 2026 - Best of the Best

https://www.gardenersworld.com/news/gardens-of-the-year-2026-best-of-the-best/

My allotment is full of flowers, fruit and veg and a happy place not just for me but all the wildlife as well. 🦋 🐝 🕷️

Show threadArne6d ago
Good to see you back in the fediverse @MyWildlifeAllotment
Hope to see more of your lovely garden again.
Show threadMy Wildlife Allotment6d ago
@feinschmeckergarten Thank you. I will try to regularly post some pictures of my allotment again, there is always something going on there 🙂
Show threadArne6d ago
@MyWildlifeAllotment I actually unfollowed you about a fortnight ago as I thought the account was abandoned. If it hadn't been for the boost of @richrollgardener , I hadn't seen you're active again. Hope it's not just for the competition. ;-) Glad to have you back!
Show threadMy Wildlife Allotment6d ago
@feinschmeckergarten @richrollgardener Thank you for following again. I was ill for a while and had not much time so cut back on social media. But thought it will be fun doing some posting again as this is a nice community here on Mastodon. And there is always something going on on the allotment. I have also changed a lot in the allotment and made it climate change resilient, which is still ongoing.
Show threadArne6d ago

@MyWildlifeAllotment
I know the feeling and situation. I struggled healthwise a fair bit the last two years and sometimes life has other priorities than social media. My blog has been dormant for this period and I need to start there again.
However, we both have the best recharging station available: Our gardens and nature. 🙂
I hope you are / get well again.

Climate resillience in our gardens is so important! I'm looking forward to seeing how you try to cope.

Show threadMy Wildlife Allotment6d ago
@feinschmeckergarten Sorry to hear you had/have health problems as well, I learned to manage my problems so I am coping at the moment. Yes nature and especially the allotment has helped so much, just being outside and doing some gardening made me feel better. I will post some more things about my own climate resilience measures in the next months, yes it is so important we adapt and change, business as usual is not working anymore.
Show threadArne
@MyWildlifeAllotment As far as I can remember, it was Sally Morgan, author of The Climate Change Garden, who said (roughly) on Gardeners' World:
"We are the first generation of gardeners who cannot rely on the experience of the previous generations."
Unfortunately, that is so true.
#ClimateChange
#ClimateResilience
Mar 13 at 12:44pmWeb
Show threadMy Wildlife Allotment6d ago
@feinschmeckergarten Good point and entirely true. We have to go new ways, try new things, and see if they work. I have planted lots of perennial plants, fruit and veg and flowers, as they are more resilient, and lots of mulching.