Sorry Closed

In the light of government guidelines, and with much regret, we have concluded that we cannot open the hut for the foreseeable future.  We are obviously very sorry about this, and hope that normal service will be resumed as soon as possible – but it is out of our hands, as you will appreciate.

Ironically, at the moment it is deemed safe for us to go to our allotments, as long as we follow all of the safety procedures, including keeping 2 metres apart from others, and especially washing hands.  Reading a sign on a gate at Marsh Lane allotments, from the Allotment Office, it is recommended that you wash your hands after handling gates and padlocks, and also when you leave your allotments.  You are asked to keep hand sanitizer on your plot.  I also noticed that we are asked not to have bonfires – which will doubtless cause many of us an enormous amount of annoyance!  Oh well.  I guess that a pile of rubbish is unlikely to kill anyone, but maybe a pall of smoke could...

We hope that you are all well and safe, and look forward to seeing you again soon.  Keep in touch if it helps!

Best wishes

Debbie and Eric

(onbehalf of the volunteer Team)

Not quite business as usual

We hope that you, and yours, are well, and continue to be well. Enough said.

For obvious reasons, we are having to consider what we can now do at the allotment hut.

Until further notice :

We will endeavour to be open for trading on Sunday morning, between 10am and 12 noon, and then weekly at the same time unless things change.

Volunteers will “man” the hut, but we will ask members to keep their distance – in fact remain outside! We will bring stuff to you, and give any assistance that we safely can, including moving compost for those who cannot do it themselves – but again asking members to keep their distance. Please do not come into the hut!!!!

If you are unable to visit this Sunday, and need items, please email us and we will try to do whatever we can to help. Or if you are housebound. No promises.

We currently hold good stocks of compost and growbags, but we do not know whether we will be receiving any further deliveries before the autumn. We also have plenty of potatoes , onions and various seeds.

We do not know if the Plant sale will take place. Some people are already growing seedlings, and it may be that in a month or so we will be in a position to sell these on. We do not know!

As volunteers, we obviously have our own concerns and responsibilities, and we request that you do not visit the hut if you are unwell, or if you are self-isolating because someone else in your household is unwell.

If you should arrive at the hut and find that we are not there, please forgive us. We will do what we can!!!!

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To say the least, composing this seems more than a little surreal, but hey ho(e)- interesting times. With any luck, soon we will be back to worrying about chocolate spot, verticillium wilt, blight and slugs. Oh those happy, heady days! Maybe this season will be the one where we get on top of those darned weeds, and bring home a hearty harvest! We can dream!

Stay well, and stay in touch with us by email if you wish. We will update you as and when.

Very warm and bestest wishes to you all.

Debbie and Eric (on behalf of the volunteer team