How did Gerrard Winstanley's Digger movement put its ideas into action?

Gerrard Winstanley and the Digger movement put their agrarian communist ideals into action by directly occupying and cultivating common land. In April 1649, Winstanley and a group of approximately 20 followers established a colony on St. George’s Hill in Surrey, England.123

This act was a practical response to the economic hardships of the time, specifically record-high food prices. The Diggers believed that because the English Civil Wars had been fought against the king and great landowners, the land should be made available to the landless and laboring poor to sustain themselves.13

The movement operated on the principle of agrarian free communism, where work and its products were shared. Notably, the Diggers explicitly abjured the use of force to achieve their goals. Despite their peaceful approach, the colony faced intense hostility from local landowners and legal harassment from the government, leading to its dispersal by March 1650. Winstanley continued to advocate for these principles through his writing, most notably in his work The Law of Freedom in a Platform.213