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Welcome to your newsletter! Happy new year to you all. If like me you haven’t been at the allotment for a while, here’s hoping the weather is finally getting better so we can all prepare for a productive year. Best in show Some good news first. We are planning a best fruit and veg show […]
This year’s Annual General Meeting was opened by Jonathan at 7-30pm on Thursday 5th May. No apologies had been received, Committee Members present were Jonathan, Lesley, Ross, Lorraina, Steve and Wilbert. Jonathan welcomed some 17 members and gave a report of 2021 AGM. Lesley gave a short report on the last years events. Working party […]
May is the month of sowing and planting but watch the weather carefully. It is a month when we can get caught out by mini droughts and heat waves. On the other hand May can be a complete disaster month bringing damaging frosts, cold winds with heavy rain or hail, so be prepared to take […]
April is an all go month on the allotment but plot holders should proceed with caution. We all love the longer days and warm sunshine but beware there is the treat of hard, night frosts. Hold back rather than take a risk. It isn’t the loss of seedlings or young plants that causes the problems […]
Merry Christmas! It’s the time of year to have fun, so in between the showers a few hours spent on the allotment at this time of year will not only warm you up, it will reward you with some tasty crops for your Christmas plates. You can harvest lots of vegetables, including parsnips, leeks and […]
May is usually looked forward to as the first month of summer but it seems that we are a month behind this year with cold winds and heavy rain, but despite the downpours, things are warming up at the allotment. Summer will come up soon and so will your seedlings! ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Thank you […]
April is a ‘let’s go for it!’ month on the allotment but proceed with caution. Hopefully we will all be feeling the benefit of the lengthening days and warm sunshine but beware there is always a price to pay with the treat of hard, night frosts never far away. We hope that you find this […]
Spring has sprung, but the sun is being a bit bashful. We hope that you find this update informative and useful. AGM The Annual General Meeting is nearly upon us once again! With the current lockdown “road map” it looks unlikely that we will be able to hold it in person again. But we still […]
Happy Christmas! It’s the time of year to be jolly, so in between the showers a few hours spent on the allotment at this time of year will not only warm you up, it will reward you with some tasty crops for your Christmas plates. You can harvest lots of vegetables, including parsnips, leeks and […]
This month, we are in ‘lock down’ again, which is challenging for everyone. As the numbers continue to rise, we need to do everything we can to keep everyone safe. At the allotment, our restrictions will remain the same, but we also expect members to observe the national rules, as these do apply at the […]