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 theft32:33 - Funny sights on the plot34:15 - Potato dayIf you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us:Email - sunflowerallotmentpodcast@gmail.comTwitter - @sunflowerpod1