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Allotment
gardening is a wonderful leisure activity which gives great
rewards with a bit of excercise.
John has aquired an allotment garden on Dundee's City Road
Allotment site to grow and experiment with a wide range of
fruit, flowers and vegetables. The site is also full of interesting
corners worthy of a painting.
In his first year he managed to get bumper crops with a wealth
of fruit and flowers even although he had a late start.
John
started clearing rubbish, brambles, old fence lines, rubble,
rocks and a lot of broken glass in March, then put in new
paths surfaced in bark chips. Cultivations in March
and April included digging in ample bags of Discovery garden
compost which Dundee city council make from the towns
gardening waste. It comes ready to use and is quite cheap.
It is perfect for organic gardening, breaks up clay soils
and adds humus to sandy soils helping to retain moisture in
our dry summers.
It certainly helped John's crops of vegetables, fruit and
flowers to grow in abundance.
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John
has found this allotment garden site a treasure trove of very
attractive settings perfect for a series of paintings. He
has completed several canvas shown above and now available
to buy . His latest one is City Road Alotment in Winter, seen
here.
Another
allotment holder, Chris Cyprus has started painting allotment
scenes as his speciality. He has produced a very interesting
short video seen here.
Allotment
painting with Chris Cyprus
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