Richard Lewis

Views are my own, but I am the creator of @veg_plotter the awesome Online Vegetable Garden Planning App

[Richard Lewis @overgrownplot]

Today's job: film new training videos for VegPlotter. Old videos are over 5 years old and no longer relevant. So much has changed! New videos show how to create a small garden plan like this. That's all people need to plan a garden of any size. #gardenplanning #vegetablegarden

[Richard Lewis @overgrownplot]

I built another thing! https://t.co/4si7YBovQu if want to know your likely frost dates for you location (works internationally) then enter your location and the tool will predict when you might need to protect your crops or when you can start planting in spring. Give it a try!

[VegPlotter.com @veg_plotter]

The gardening game just changed! 🤫 Uncover your area's secret dates for frost – when to plant & when to protect. Stop guessing & start growing with precision. 🎯

Find your local first & last frost dates: https://t.co/BSzAsyBDce

A smart new tool from VegPlotter.

#gardeninghacks #knowyourdates #vegplotter

[VegPlotter.com @veg_plotter]

Protect your precious crops from frost! ❄️ Our latest blog post reveals the top 5 ways to keep them safe and sound. Read it here: https://t.co/13ABIXttw3 Don't miss out! #gardening #frostprotection #gardeningtips #allotmentlife

[Richard Lewis @overgrownplot]

Interesting idea to help protect our rivers and help farm land in the process. https://t.co/R0EEHw7J45

[Richard Lewis @overgrownplot]

@RoyAndTanya Horrible!

[Richard Lewis @overgrownplot]

Happy New Year all!

[VegPlotter.com @veg_plotter]

Happy New Year to our amazing VegPlotter community around the world! 🎉🌱 Here’s to a year of thriving gardens, abundant harvests, and sustainable growing. Let’s start planning for a fruitful 2025—together, we grow better! 🥕🍅 #HappyNewYear #VegPlotter #GardenPlanning2025

[Richard Lewis @overgrownplot]

@veg_plotter Gonna give them a try this year

[Richard Lewis @overgrownplot]

One day! Just need a greenhouse or tunnel so that I can keep them going in winter.

[Bob Flowerdew @FlowerdewBob]

picked about a third of the Satsumas, really worth having as so sweet and refreshing,
only a small tree in a tub, been cropping nearly forty years now, good return on original investment

[VegPlotter.com @veg_plotter]

Climate change research tells us the world is getting warmer. And the annual Met Office climate report says the UK is follow that trend, but did you know it’s also getting wetter and sunnier? In theory, that should be helping UK vegetable growers (for now anyway 😓 ) by extending vegetable growing season! Do you track local temps and frost dates? Have you changed your planting schedule to make the most of the changing climate? #gardening #VegPlotter #gardenplanning #climatechange

[Richard Lewis @overgrownplot]

@ThymelessC @lifeonpigrow Second that. Prefer a Airbnb to a hotel. Having more of your own space usually etc. agree that we need to control the ratio with livable homes. I live near salcombe in Devon so directly affected by a limited number of available / affordable homes to buy or rent.

[Richard Lewis @overgrownplot]

@PatMasterman @veg_plotter Wow. You manage to escape the leaf miner then?

[VegPlotter.com @veg_plotter]

Start your celery in the cooler temps of early spring for best results, after frosts. In about 14 weeks later, you're set for harvest. Celery is fantastic for 'pick-as-you-go' gardening, letting you enjoy fresh stalks while the plant keeps growing. #GardenGrowers #EcoFriendlyEats

[Richard Lewis @overgrownplot]

@RoyAndTanya @EnvAgency Done. They going to pass it on the the local agency workers. 👍

[Richard Lewis @overgrownplot]

Spent the past hour helping little juvenile white bream get out to sea to start their new life. Think we helped over 50 of the beautiful little fish.

[Richard Lewis @overgrownplot]

@RoyAndTanya @EnvAgency Doing it now

[Richard Lewis @overgrownplot]

@RoyAndTanya They were coming out of a fresh/brackish water ley at beesands in Devon. There was a consistent steady supply of them coming down this. Which flows out of the ley.

[Richard Lewis @overgrownplot]

@RoyAndTanya Aww we Google lens one and it came up as bream. Looks like you right though. There were so many travelling down the brackish stream to the sea. Wikipedia says some do live in the sea.

[Richard Lewis @overgrownplot]

Plans for this year.

[VegPlotter.com @veg_plotter]

Challenge accepted: This year, I'm trying to grow a vegetable I've never grown before.🌽 Sweetcorn, here we come! What's your garden challenge? #GardenChallenge #GrowSomethingNew

[VegPlotter.com @veg_plotter]

Spring is definitely in the air today! 🌱 Caught some photos of a bumble bee investigating the newly arisen snowdrops at the allotment. The beauty of nature never ceases to amaze. #allotmentlife #bumblebee #snowdrops