Scrap Metal Thieves 30th March 2012

Please be vigilant as we have again had scrap metal thieves on site on the evening of Friday 30th March 2012. We have had reports of a greenhouse frame & other metalic items being taken and a shed being damaged on a couple of allotments. Should you have suffered any damage or loss please report this immediately to the Police, on the 101 incident number, ensuring you obtain a crime reference number.

4 Plant Commercial Growbags

Our very popular 4 plant commecial growbags will be available from Saturday 7th April 2012.

Hagg Lane waiting list.

There are currently 53 people on the waiting list for one of our plots on site. Recently 8-10 growing spaces have been cleared which should reduce this list further. "The person waiting for the next available plot, regardless of size or location, has been waiting since October 2010."

Surplus Vegetable, Herb, Fruit & Bedding Plant Sales

As part of our fundraising efforts, towards our new community hut, we are pleased to announce the following dates for our "bring and buy" plant sales. This years events are set to be bigger than ever and will take place on Saturday 5th May & Sunday 6th May 2012 and again on Saturday 19th May & Sunday 20th May 2012 all between 9.30am and 2.30pm. We will again be holding our £100 garden tool raffle with everyone welcome. Tea, Coffee and home made cake also available, yum yum! Should you wish to grow us a few extra plants please don't hesitate to contact us. Free plantpots and seed available.

Free Fruit Trees

Courtesy of a successful Climate Change grant application, we still have a large number of fruit trees to give away on a "first come, first served" basis. They are now available to all Hagg Lane & District Gardeners' Allotments Society members from 9.30am on Saturday 17th March 2012, with the choice of Braeburn Apple, Conference Pear, Victoria Plum or Morello Cherry subject to availability. All trees are on dwarf rootstock producing trees between 6ft to 8ft tall and are available strictly one fruit tree per allotment. . We hope you will support our efforts by purchasing a bag of fruit tree fertiliser, with plant instructions, for only £3.00 per bag.

Seed Potatoes & Red Onions

Due to adverse weather conditions two weeks ago in Scotland all outstanding seed potatoes and red onions orders are now due to be available for collection on Saturday 3rd March 2012. For all those members on e-mail we will e-mail you once they have arrived. We are still taking orders for Kestrel, Charlotte & Desiree seed potatoes and have spring planted garlic available for sale

Seeds, Peas & Runner Beans *NOW IN*

To complement our small selection of mainly vegetable seeds we are also offering 100g bags of Hurst Greenshaft Peas for only 80p/bag and Scarlet Emperor Runner Beans for only £1.40 per bag.

Should sales of our seeds prove to be a success we aim to expand our selection for 2013.