tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435415816484155572024-03-05T06:51:59.711+00:00Hagg Lane & District Gardeners' Allotments SocietyHagg Lane Allotments, Back Lane, Crosspool, Sheffield, S10, UK (Opposite Clough Fields Riding Stables)......
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger260125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-4424369370383878842024-01-31T13:23:00.003+00:002024-01-31T13:24:23.178+00:00Mr Fothergill seed prices<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMPD4Ivx04jK5hTFFnTFEHhfo7UIxsUiikSSSO7AzlaiGW6XnFefi0I7erOWtQ-UPPRe0jLXTItOTCjO1B3ch07CAmOJ28QzUEUynhd8fsVxuu2hxT1WyVenHQean5YndEUhRYZOJtl2ATvc9VZy0LLXkQpB_CCa5fQIJjXdkAtH0TMIenwfUCDs8v5M/s1080/MrF.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMPD4Ivx04jK5hTFFnTFEHhfo7UIxsUiikSSSO7AzlaiGW6XnFefi0I7erOWtQ-UPPRe0jLXTItOTCjO1B3ch07CAmOJ28QzUEUynhd8fsVxuu2hxT1WyVenHQean5YndEUhRYZOJtl2ATvc9VZy0LLXkQpB_CCa5fQIJjXdkAtH0TMIenwfUCDs8v5M/s320/MrF.jpg" width="240" /></a></p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-69820385353997488002024-01-26T15:29:00.004+00:002024-01-26T15:29:46.574+00:00Potatoes - (or hope springs eternal...)<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">No beating about the bush, this email heralds the arrival of the potatoes, onions, shallots and stuff. To celebrate this momentous date in the calendar, we will be throwing open the doors of the hut at the usual time on Sunday for the collection of pre-orders, and for those last-minute impulse purchases. Yet again, we have reduced our quantities, so we would encourage you not to delay visiting if you missed the order form - or were completely baffled by it... We are aware that there were</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">some issues,</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> but such are the hazards of a owning a grumpy, uncooperative, out-dated computer. </span></p><p aria-hidden="true" class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"> </p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The hut dwellers have enjoyed the winter Sunday mornings, huddled around the wood-burner, but we are now girding our loins for what will surely be a sunny and fruitful 2024 season. I mean, can the weather get any more interesting? The wet weather has certainly put a damper on any optimistically planned autumnal clear-ups, but I guess that the weeds will be raring to go and the slugs will be revving up their engines as soon as a ray of sunshine penetrates the gloom. Yay!</span></p><p aria-hidden="true" class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"> </p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We will continue to operate on Sunday mornings throughout the season, and we are currently well stocked with most items, including varieties of compost and growbags, seeds, netting, canes etc. Normal trading hours are 10 - 12, although we may be open a little later during busy periods. At the moment we do not have plans to open on Saturdays, but will happily discuss volunteer openings if you are up for it, Saturdays or Sundays. </span></p><p aria-hidden="true" class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"> </p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So! Come on down to collect your orders, or swoop in on the remaining stocks! We will be pleased to see you, although maybe I was a bit rash in claiming that we will be throwing open the doors. In these chilly, draughty times I suspect that we will continue to (loudly) encourage members to close the door behind them! Also, if you wish to purchase seeds via the Kings Seeds Scheme you have until the end of January to panic buy. Let me know quickly if you are hoping to order and claim your 50% discount.</span></p><p aria-hidden="true" class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"> </p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Happy New Year to one and all!</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-90199084236581054262023-01-26T12:41:00.007+00:002023-01-26T12:41:56.093+00:00Keep your eyes peeled...<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I’ve run out of potato puns, but suffice to say that this email heralds the beginning of our new season. As well as alerting you to the exciting news that the potato delivery has taken place this week, it also includes important news about :</span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">Seeds</span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">Break ins, hedging and gates</span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">Volunteering opportunities and opening hours</span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">Poly tunnel growing space</span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">Plant (ish) sale</span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;"> </span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">Yes! The potatoes and oniony items have arrived and orders will be available to collect from Sunday January 29<span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> between 10am and 1pm (as opposed to our normal 10 -12 noon). We would ask you to collect them sooner rather than later; we are always concerned about possible deterioration in wintry conditions. If you did not place an order, there will still be some varieties available, although it is worth noting that we are scaling back on our total order year on year, as demand decreases.</span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;"> </span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">The Kings Seeds orders have also landed, and are available to collect. We achieved our target of £200 and enjoyed the benefit of half price seeds! Yay! Additionally, we have a good selection of seeds at the Hut, although these are not quite as generously discounted!!!</span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;"> </span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">Unfortunately, our allotment site has had more unwelcome visitors during December and January, and if you only visit your plot occasionally during the winter months it would probably be worth popping by to check that everything is ok. There are frequent reports of the security gates being left unlocked and even wide open, and this is obviously frustrating to allotment holders who are more vigilant. PLEASE close and lock gates responsibly, and consider if there is anything that you can safely do if you see anything suspicious. As far as your own plot is concerned, the society has had a kind donation of some pots of hawthorn whips which are intended for use on the Hagg Lane allotment site in order to fill any gaps in hedging. Please come to the hut if you would be interested in using some of these. Free!</span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;"> </span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">Changing the subject completely, do you think that you might be able to help us? It has been a long road, and we are just about getting back to normal , but we are aware that the personal circumstances of members the volunteer team are ever changing, and we’re not always able to give the time that we used to in the past. Obviously we have reduced our opening hours, although we are aware that some members would be pleased to see us open on Saturdays as well as Sunday, if it was practical. If you are at all interested in helping, please get in touch, or pop in for a chat. You will find us a motley crew - some more motley than others – but we do our best to be friendly and hospitable! In the short term... we are hoping to get some working parties together in March. Amongst other things, the society polytunnel needs a complete overhaul, and we need both brains and muscle to help dig trenches and do battle with a new cover. Expressions of interest, please! </span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;"> </span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">And then...once the polytunnel is back in working order, we hope to offer growing space to people who could make use of it. We’re open to discussion!</span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;"> </span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">And then...last year we had many enquiries about the return of a plant sale, and lots of people called in looking for seedlings. We know that we cannot undertake a plant sale on the scale that we used to, but we would like to be able to offer something in its place. Anybody got any ideas?!</span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;"> </span></p><p class="ox-5b81321b43-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">Well, that’s it for now! We hope that you’re looking forward to the warm spring sunshine, hosepipes at the ready!</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-73799247319548794662022-09-08T08:24:00.002+01:002022-09-08T08:24:31.480+01:00Potato & Onion Order Form<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0hL8DJ-8D3sZQcXSVpfMJeJH84mWvr898Vba2ZtErzcLzdMlRJXGh3-AvHwKkLhCdXPsHL57q5Wf7ngVozPlD9w50q5nVqepBX170j5eKOAMe9bU-hnSVfdP1uugbMSBWNzpoKeLOvEn0em-MS3ElKd-5lzvgcNXPPQeA48jINDEuZPanmJseV9A/s665/P23.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="588" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0hL8DJ-8D3sZQcXSVpfMJeJH84mWvr898Vba2ZtErzcLzdMlRJXGh3-AvHwKkLhCdXPsHL57q5Wf7ngVozPlD9w50q5nVqepBX170j5eKOAMe9bU-hnSVfdP1uugbMSBWNzpoKeLOvEn0em-MS3ElKd-5lzvgcNXPPQeA48jINDEuZPanmJseV9A/w531-h600/P23.JPG" width="531" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-17073276028148878382022-03-01T17:12:00.000+00:002022-03-01T17:12:15.041+00:00Ne'er-do-wells<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Unfortunately we have received reports of multiple break-ins and acts of vandalism on the Hagg Lane allotment site. We always encourage victims of such crimes to report the event to the police because, whilst it is unlikely that anything can be done to find the culprits, it is helpful to the police to keep tabs on where crimes are committed, and to maintain realistic statistics.</span></p><p class="ox-7cdf2d0303-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">If you haven’t been to your plot recently, it might be a good idea to check for damage and losses, and it is obviously helpful to keep the site gates locked, even when you are on site.</span></p><p class="ox-7cdf2d0303-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">Hope that all is well with you.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-12164560888863044022022-01-26T08:36:00.002+00:002022-01-26T08:36:23.001+00:00Feeling chipper, half baked or making a hash of it....<p><span style="font-family: arial;">T<span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">he allotment year is already trundling onwards, and we are pleased to let you know that potatoes, garlic </span><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">and onions have now arrived at the Hut. Once again, our order has been reduced to reflect the quantities purchased over the last few years, and there have also been a number of crop failures to throw in. If you have pre-ordered, please come to collect your stuff as soon as possible – we always get nervous about potential frost or rodent damage the longer they are left with us. If you haven’t pre-ordered, and are hoping to drop by to make a purchase, we suggest that you don’t hang about!</span></span></p><p aria-hidden="true" class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We have also received the seed order from Kings, and our seed merchandiser in the Hut is freshly stocked.</span></p><p aria-hidden="true" class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We are still opening on Sunday mornings only, between 10 and 12 ish, working with a reduced volunteer team. Apologies if this causes any frustration. Please contact us directly if our current opening hours makes it impossible for you to visit, and we will do our best to help. Obviously, we are trying to operate as safely as we can, and would ask visitors to the hut to wear a mask, and to use common sense if there seems to be a bottleneck! </span></p><p aria-hidden="true" class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Look forward to seeing you soon. Happy New Year!!!</span></p><p aria-hidden="true" class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Debbie, Eric, Kevin and Steve (on behalf of the wider volunteer team</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-29142199741050338012021-11-01T12:53:00.000+00:002021-11-01T12:53:05.679+00:00Order! Order!<p> <span style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">... (or so they say in the shambles that is our system of democracy...)</span></p><blockquote class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" type="cite"><div class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><blockquote class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" type="cite"><div class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="x_x_WordSection1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0in; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0in; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So, this long and eagerly awaited email is to remind you that it is not time to rest on your growing laurels. Instead, you will undoubtedly be tidying away the last of this year’s triumphs in the vegetable patch, putting your beds to ... er ... bed and already planning how you will increase your yields and defeat the aphid army, in a totally environmentally friendly manner.</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0in; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0in; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Firstly: Technology permitting, next year’s<span class="x_x_Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><b class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Potato Order form.</b> Once again we have reduced the total quantities of stuff that we are ordering, to try to match the demands of the past few years. With this in mind, we would seriously urge you to pre-order as soon as possible in order to secure your preferences, although we will probably still be able to offer some for sale in February. If you want, you can email your order to us, or visit us at the hut on a Sunday morning. Onions, garlic, shallots etc are also on the list. Ooooh, and there is a rumour that the ever-popular<span class="x_x_Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><b class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">bucket/potato competition</b><span class="x_x_Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>will be making a return.</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0in; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0in; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Secondly: The<span class="x_x_Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><b class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Kings Seed</b><span class="x_x_Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>order will be being placed on November 15<sup class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">th</sup>, or thereabouts. For a handling fee of £1.30, we hope to be able to offer members a discount of<span class="x_x_Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><b class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">50% off vegetable, herb and flower seeds</b>, assuming that our order totals more than £200 altogether. Your order needs to be submitted by ourselves in order to qualify and, again, you can email this to us, or beat a path to the hut. We can build a little bit of flexibility into the date, but don’t want to repeat the excitement that we lived through earlier this year. Please let us know if you are running late AND please contact us if you do not receive acknowledgement of your order within 14 days of sending it to us.<span class="x_x_Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0in; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0in; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thirdly: We have had a delivery of<span class="x_x_Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><b class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Peat Free Compost</b><span class="x_x_Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>this week - Bloom and Gro Organic Peat Free 40L. It is new to the market!</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0in; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0in; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Finally, it has been lovely to see an increasing number of visitors to the hut, and to meet new allotment holders from both near and further afield. We look forward to seeing you sometime soon, and socially distanced cups of tea are on offer once more,</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0in; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0in; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Get them orders in!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7s3MMyGb48mapFaDsQyNTFaEaO8FqUuUDhCsBdcVJj7ts7D5rz0ZUrwUYlPm1mcxG-foql02CosxqSb42pNFGOU8gruezvMkiDOmrcRutHtgUK56ZbS6mTwl4nbTEQGlSaLX9VfW3vY/s2048/2021-10-28+09.55.57.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7s3MMyGb48mapFaDsQyNTFaEaO8FqUuUDhCsBdcVJj7ts7D5rz0ZUrwUYlPm1mcxG-foql02CosxqSb42pNFGOU8gruezvMkiDOmrcRutHtgUK56ZbS6mTwl4nbTEQGlSaLX9VfW3vY/s320/2021-10-28+09.55.57.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-57305471732311051302021-09-24T14:24:00.002+01:002021-09-24T15:27:01.013+01:00Seed Potato Order Form<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSUYMKRlUOjEJX1LKcTZv68UCizb1zh4zbsIKvPI0kSalY8f67BuCdBhFO4b300HhnBeocp7QfOHnCajgD_5syAMpRtcgJzCK9lL4ArZZZriBTS9pW1WOAFdNqTsyfatqn0zh_NVi29M/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="605" data-original-width="603" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSUYMKRlUOjEJX1LKcTZv68UCizb1zh4zbsIKvPI0kSalY8f67BuCdBhFO4b300HhnBeocp7QfOHnCajgD_5syAMpRtcgJzCK9lL4ArZZZriBTS9pW1WOAFdNqTsyfatqn0zh_NVi29M/w398-h400/POT22.JPG" width="398" /></a></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-61578538394740229442021-09-24T14:20:00.001+01:002021-09-24T14:20:19.811+01:00It has been sow long<p> <b style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Autumn planting onions and garlic</span></b></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">These were available to purchase from the hut from Sunday, September 12<sup style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">th.</sup> Because of the unpredictability of the numbers of customers that we are getting, once again we have only placed a small order. I’m sure that you will appreciate that we need to cover our costs and it is always a tricky balancing act making sure that we are not left with unsold perishable items.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The hut is currently open from around 10am until 12 noon. Sunday. As usual, cash only.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><b style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kings Seeds Allotment Scheme</span></b></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In spite of the large amount of unwanted tension and excitement earlier this year, we are proposing to repeat our participation in this scheme again for the 2022 season! (If you partook in this rollercoaster ride of seed buying, you will understand where I’m coming from!) Kings Seeds offer a good range of very reasonably priced vegetable, herb and flower seeds, and give allotment societies a generous discount. If we collate a seed order between us that is worth more than £200 we will be able to pass on to you a 50% discount, give or take a £1.30 handling fee. At the moment we only have one real paper catalogue between us, but I can obtain more if there is interest. You can also view their full range on their website.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you do decide to dip your toe in this lily pond of opportunity, please note that we are bringing forward the ordering date to November 15<sup style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">th</sup> , so that we can breathe during January, February and March.... we will not be able to guarantee any discount after November 15<sup style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">th</sup> .</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you would like more details as to how to order, please email or call at the hut, remembering that we will need to place your order on your behalf. </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><b style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Volunteers</span></b></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Our team is now very much at skeleton level! If you would like to put on weight by sharing some cake, and burn it off again immediately by heaving compost around, please make yourself known to us!</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><b style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Compost</span></b></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We now , once again, have Clover, Growell and John Innes composts, but have not been able to secure any deliveries of Peat Free Compost to date, because of both production and transportation issues. We are aware that many gardeners are trying to avoid the use of peat, and we will be getting peat free compost as soon as we are able.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-40108920429481339232021-03-13T08:35:00.002+00:002021-03-13T08:36:29.253+00:00Compost Pricing Update<p><span color="inherit" style="background-color: white; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Please find below recent update from our main supplier:-</span></span></p><p><span color="inherit" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">"Just to add a little more to this year’s challenge, the worst peat harvest in Northern Europe for 15 years, very heavy and dense peat, Environmental Legislation vastly reducing the amount of peat available in the Republic of Ireland and the global interruption of supply of coir, horticultural textiles and plant pots caused by the pandemic will result in us all going to have a roller coaster of a year"</span></p><p class="x_xmsonormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><b style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Compost Manufacturing Update</span></span></b></p><p class="x_xmsonormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"</span><span color="inherit" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Clover</span></b><span color="inherit" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. Clover has stopped manufacturing Clover 75ltr Multi-purpose, 3 & 4 plant gro-bags and bales of peat. This is down to the weight/density of the peat and conserving peat socks for professional products. This situation is likely to continue until they can harvest some dry peat in hopefully June/July. </span></span><span color="inherit" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span color="inherit" style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The 60ltr Clover Multi Purpose are still available.</span></p><p class="x_xmsonormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="x_xmsonormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gro-Well</span></b><span color="inherit" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. Due to the lack of availability of quality, fresh water washed coir, we have replaced the coir element in our multi purpose with Fibagro, a Professional Woodfibre Substrate.</span></span></p><p class="x_xmsonormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This product will appear in a natural form because it is an unnecessary process to dye it brown. The advantages of Fibagro are that reduces nutrient leaching, provides an excellent nutrient base for good rooting and improved water holding capacity.</span></span></p><p class="x_xmsonormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="x_xmsonormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; margin: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Price Increases</span></span></b></p><p class="x_xmsonormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nobody likes price increases but in the current climate they were going to happen. Unfortunately, the days of quality, cheap compost are over. </span></span><span color="inherit" style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">We have kept increases to a minimum but cannot guarantee that these prices will not have to increase again as the cost of transport, manufacturing under Covid secure conditions and the availability of raw materials start to be reviewed by the manufacturers across the world"</span></p><p class="x_xmsonormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="x_xmsonormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-18265244502924151082021-01-23T09:08:00.004+00:002021-01-23T09:10:12.469+00:00Potato and Onion Orders<p>All orders are available for socially distanced collection tomorrow between 10am and 12 noon.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-23997754293975777852021-01-11T16:40:00.000+00:002021-01-11T16:40:10.772+00:00Update<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>In the light of the current lockdown, the hut will remain closed for the next few weeks</b>.</span></p><p class="ox-b4a51a30d4-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">If things go to plan, depending on the weather, and on our suppliers, we expect <span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal;">potatoes</span> to be delivered during the last week of January. With this in mind, we will ask anyone who has ordered potatoes (and other items) to collect them from us on the weekend following their arrival – probably either January 23<span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">rd</span> or January 30<span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span>. Once we know for certain, we will let you know, and will provide details as to exactly how and at what time we would like you to fetch them.</span></p><p class="ox-b4a51a30d4-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">We are aware that there are often members who have not pre-ordered, and who would normally pop in to buy off the shelf! I am sure that you will appreciate the possible difficulties with this, this year. As soon as we know what surplus stocks we have, we will email out again, and work out some sort of system for making them available to those who want them.</span></p><p class="ox-b4a51a30d4-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">Similarly, if you have ordered <span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal;">seeds</span> through the Kings Seeds scheme we will contact you directly as soon as they have arrived with collection, or delivery details!</span></p><p class="ox-b4a51a30d4-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;"> </span></p><p class="ox-b4a51a30d4-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">On this rather cold, dreary and damp day in January, summer days seem like an awful long way in the future. Once again, it seems very unlikely that we will be able to stage a full-scale <span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal;">plant sale</span> in May, but we are trying to work out if there are other ways in which we could possibly match up plants with people. Suggestions welcome!</span></p><p class="ox-b4a51a30d4-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;"> </span></p><p class="ox-b4a51a30d4-MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">Needless to say, we continue to hope that you, and your loved ones, are safe and well, and wish you a Very Happy New Year!</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-57390924956088614722020-11-01T08:06:00.003+00:002020-11-01T08:06:24.416+00:00Potato Competition Results (in Kg)<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLB9cpzahvd25b3MDVKSzXKeCrFPywPmUV-eqGjYZVXtzQAwsIUwp3sgkipk7YFjjqutaGq3YX_-Wx_9rdXFhTFUC8HPR6hjqjBra2nF99xp_o7Sltx24Ydt0ZI9vH2QIgxfrz3Z5k_pg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="150" height="671" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLB9cpzahvd25b3MDVKSzXKeCrFPywPmUV-eqGjYZVXtzQAwsIUwp3sgkipk7YFjjqutaGq3YX_-Wx_9rdXFhTFUC8HPR6hjqjBra2nF99xp_o7Sltx24Ydt0ZI9vH2QIgxfrz3Z5k_pg/w193-h671/image.png" width="193" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-71888689440833497722020-09-04T13:12:00.000+01:002020-09-04T13:12:35.143+01:002021 Seed Potato & Onion Order Form<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbABSCjuHLJlD-bxaJ56Mp9UpUAwaTrbevbei6HUz-ePSdtOrChhNNrInQxJEe81sgWKxhDm4iBgu78AzVOsw5JoDHcrhTAe4NYozUiMc5eU1cy2LdXBBTTIQip0qkrUhl_HVFrEjaZk/s927/Pot21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="772" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbABSCjuHLJlD-bxaJ56Mp9UpUAwaTrbevbei6HUz-ePSdtOrChhNNrInQxJEe81sgWKxhDm4iBgu78AzVOsw5JoDHcrhTAe4NYozUiMc5eU1cy2LdXBBTTIQip0qkrUhl_HVFrEjaZk/s320/Pot21.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-91751528575292314952020-09-04T08:35:00.003+01:002020-09-04T08:35:48.291+01:00Still here!<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Good grief! It has been quite a year hasn’t it? One minute we were trundling along moaning about the odd shower of rain, and then... well, we all know that things haven’t quite gone to plan for any of us.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"> </p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Back in January/February many of you were eagerly collecting your potato orders and some of you were signing up, cheerfully, for our <b style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">annual bucket load of potatoes competition</b>. One or two of you might even have fallen for the persuasive charms of Kevin and his “last bucket” trick. So, September already and this is your call to weigh in your booty. (I have a vague sense that that might be interpreted in more than one way, but I am, of course, referring to your harvest of potatoes.)</p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">From Sunday, we will commence the weigh in. Unharvested buckets should be brought to the hut, and we will work with you to social distance and register your total weight. As usual, you get to keep the potatoes, bucket and compost, and we will arrange a carefully spaced out audience to oooh and aaah, or to point and laugh. We still don’t get out much. 10am til 12 noon, and the same again next week. If you can’t make it, and want to, let us know.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"> </p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Moving on, we have now taken <b style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">delivery of our autumn planting items</b>. Radar onions (yellow), thermidrome garlic and golden gourmet shallots. Please note. We have reduced the quantities that we have ordered, owing to falling sales over the past few years, so, in order to avoid disappointment, we strongly advise that you come to make any purchases as soon as possible, from 10am on Sunday. We will not be taking any online orders, and sales will be first come, first served. </p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">The delivery also came with a consignment of <b style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">compost</b>: Clover and Growell multipurpose, Growell potting and Clover peat free.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">We would appreciate it if you could wear a <b style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">face covering</b> when visiting the hut, if possible.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"> </p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">And with spring just around the distant corner, we are pleased to announce that we are going to trial the Kings Seeds <b style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Kings Allotment scheme</b> for the next season. We will be obtaining 20 seed catalogues from the company, which members can take away and peruse. By a given date, not yet decided, we will collate any orders and proceed from there. If you want a preview, the Kings website is informative. We will only be doing seeds (vegetables, flowers and herbs). We obviously hope that this will be useful to members, and, in the absence of plant sales, we hope that this may be a bit of a fund raiser also.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"> </p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">At this time of year I inevitably recall the harvest festival hymns of my school days and have to say that, recently, we have been more than usually blessed with “the breezes and the sunshine (really?) and soft refreshing rain”... On leaving the allotment this afternoon, a passing motorist kindly blasted me in the face with some of that soft, refreshing rain, and my runner beans and sunflowers have not entirely appreciated the breezes. But, we have enjoyed mostly good harvests, and good health. We cant complain!</p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"> </p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Warmest wishes to you and your families, and hope to see you some time soon.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"> </p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Debbie , on behalf of Eric, Steve and Kevin, and the wider volunteer team</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-18097919338701847932020-06-09T12:37:00.002+01:002020-06-09T12:38:43.401+01:00Clover Multi Purpose 60L<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-28792330282888860532020-04-09T20:13:00.000+01:002020-04-09T20:13:13.596+01:00Break ins and bonfiresFirstly, sadly, we have had a report of a number of instances of vandalism on parts of the Hagg Lane Allotment site. Obviously this is very upsetting for anyone affected, and we are sorry that there is nothing that we can do to help. If you do find that you have been a victim of any sort of criminal activity, we would always encourage you to report it to the police. We accept that there is probably little that can be done after the event, but it is important to make sure that crime statistics reflect what is happening.<br />
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Secondly, we have been told by the police that a number of “power tools” have been unexpectedly recovered from Hagg House Allotments, suggesting to the police that they were to be retrieved by criminals at a later date. As no one from Hagg House has laid claim to any of them, we would urge any allotment holder who might leave such tools on their plot to check that they are still there! Or, indeed, if you keep tools of this nature in a shed or outhouse at home. Again, if they have disappeared, you should inform the police.<br />
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Thirdly, bonfires. It is not illegal to have a bonfire, but the Allotment’s Office, along side many other local authorities, are asking us not to. Looking over the Rivelin Valley, it is noticeable how far smoke spreads across the city from bonfires on our site, and, indeed, across Sheffield. We are asked to be considerate to the many people who are having to stay at home, some of whom will have respiratory problems or coronavirus symptoms. As a bit of a hint, the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue website has a page entitled<br />
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The weather is great at the moment! The soil is warming and weeds are bursting forth. We hope that you are well, and continue to be able to enjoy gardening. Keep in touch if it helps!<br />
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Our very best wishes<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-30569703719051699522020-04-09T13:34:00.003+01:002020-04-09T20:13:30.264+01:00Break ins on Hagg House and Hagg Lane Site<div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">
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Our site and Hagg Lane had break-ins Tuesday night, (Tuesday 8th April 2020 - full moon) and a lot of damage was done to sheds fences and gates. Please try not to store anything of value on your site, it is worth noting that shed that were not locked were not damaged. Some power tools/ property was stolen and dumped in one plot holders shed who raised the alarm.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The police have taken some of the property and have passed on to csi, they have also told us to call 999 if anyone sees two men in high vis jackets with a <b>white transit van</b> reg <b>NJ54HWY</b> on site. They have been spotted coming on to plots.</span></div>
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Please be vigilant and report anything suspicious there is a <b>crime number</b> so it can be linked <b>14/59787/20."</b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">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 <b>washing hands</b>. 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 <b>not to have bonfires</b> – 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...</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743541581648415557.post-1907798363325808662020-03-20T19:38:00.000+00:002020-03-20T19:39:31.956+00:00Not quite business as usualWe hope that you, and yours, are well, and continue to be well. Enough said.<br />
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For obvious reasons, we are having to consider what we can now do at the allotment hut.<br />
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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.<br />
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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!!!!<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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!<br />
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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.<br />
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If you should arrive at the hut and find that we are not there, please forgive us. We will do what we can!!!!<br />
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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!<br />
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Stay well, and stay in touch with us by email if you wish. We will update you as and when.<br />
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Very warm and bestest wishes to you all.<br />
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Debbie and Eric (on behalf of the volunteer team<br />
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<u>Pallets</u> of stuff will be reporting for duty on Friday, this week, as the first delivery of 2020 arrives at Hagg Hill. In keeping with tradition, all members are invited to witness this mighty harbinger of spring, and, in deed, participate in the great unloading and re-stacking ceremony. Eric has suggested that those wishing to demonstrate their muscle-power would be <u>extremely welcome to join the fun at 8.45am (for 9). Please!!!</u></div>
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Following all of this excitement, the second event of the day will commence. Potatoes and oniony items will be the stars of this part of the show, and members are, again, invited to join in the ceremony, which involves unpacking and repacking, along with the odd bit of counting and weighing. If you feel that you could be a part of this historic occasion, you are invited to join this fray <u>from 10am. If you have a set of scales that can easily measure 500g, you will be given priority access...! Please!!!</u></div>
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Depending on how we get on, on Friday, pre-ordered<u> potatoes </u>should be available for collection on Sunday. Normal opening hours will be operating, but we should be returning to Saturday and Sunday opening from the beginning of February. Unsold potatoes and oniony things will be available for general sale from Sunday, also, but we recommend that you get your skates on if you have your heart set on a particular variety. </div>
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The incredible <u>Bucket</u> competition will be taking place again this year. After much careful debate, a variety of potato has been selected which is reputed to be both blight resistant and a heavy cropper, and you are invited to join in the fun (oh yes!!!) and give it a go. Buckets from previous entries can be reused. £3.00 for a bucket + 2 potatoes, or 50p for 2 potatoes. The bucket and potato harvest is yours to keep.</div>
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Looking ahead to the <u>Plant Sales, </u>we will be scaling these back somewhat this year. Our current thinking is that we will have just one main sale, over the weekend of May 9<sup>th</sup> and 10<sup>th</sup> , although any plants/seedlings that we have will obviously be available in the weeks before and after. The current volunteer team is unable to sustain the level of commitment required to keep the sales going at previous levels – sowing, growing, pricking out and watering has become too big a task. We will continue to grow bits and pieces ourselves, and still hope to have a reasonable selection to offer to members and to the public. In fact we would be very grateful to recruit anyone else who might be interested to do some extra growing, and would be happy to provide seeds and compost to encourage you! You have only got to say the word, although you may get your hand bitten off!</div>
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Hope that you are well-rested after a relaxing winter... and look forward to catching up with you soon.</div>
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Best wishes for the 2020 season.</div>
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Debbie (on behalf of the volunteer team)</div>
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