Autumn Planted Orders

All Autumn planted orders are available for collection from 10am on Saturday 24th August 2013.
For those of you who haven't ordered yet, we currently have everything available, but we expect to sell out within the next month.

Breakins - Saturday Evening 20th July 2013

We are sad to report that plotholders on the Hagg Lane site have again suffered further breakins with allotment doors and sheds broken into. Nothing so far has been reported to us as stolen, it seems to be an act of mindless vandalism. Plot numbers 28,29,30,32,33,34,40,41,43,44,45,46 & 167,170&171 appear to be have been targeted in some capacity but there may be more.

We must stand together and report any damage to the police 101 incident number and obtain a crime reference number.

2013 Autumn Planted Orders

We are now taking orders for the following quality Autumn planted crops, and bulbs, at bargain prices!:-

"Senshyu" Japanese Onion Sets 500g (80-100 bulbs)£1.40
The original "Japanese overwintering onion". Semi-flat and yellow with brown skin which mature late June. Feed with "Nitro Chalk Onion" fertiliser.
"Radar" Japanese Onion Sets 500g (80-100 bulbs)£1.60
Top performing white popular overwintering variety. Producing excellent yields of mild tasting onions from late May. Particularly resistant to bolting and stores well until Autumn.
"Blood Red" Japanese Onion sets 500g (80-100 bulbs)£1.80 *New*
A northern European variety produced to withstand harsh climates. Oval in shape, light red in colour, it has an excellent flavour and is a heavy cropper less prone to bolting.
"Thermidrome" Autumn planting Garlic 125g (2-3 Lge bulbs)£1.60
Commercially grown variety with soft neck producing large bulbs of good flavour.
"Feltham First" peas 250g £1.50
A round-seeded dwarf variety for Autumn sowing. Good cold tolerance.
"Aquadulce" Broad Bean 250g £1.50
The standard overwintering variety. Good cold tolerance producing compact plants with high yields.
"White Tilney" Mustard (Green Manure) 250g £2.00
A quality quick growing Mustard variety which develops a high level of green matter. Sow Aug-Sept at 5g/sq metre.
"Forage" Rye (Green Manure) 250g £1.20
For sowing Aug-Nov at 9g/square metre for turning in Apr-May. Suited to most soil types particularly heavier soils.
Hyacinth Spring Flowering Bulbs 70p each
Large 16/17cm "prepared" bulbs. Various colour choices available on collection.

Delivery expected late August 2013 and current 2013 Membership required. Please order early to avoid disappointment and ADVANCE PAYMENT secures. Please ensure collection of all orders by Sunday 6th October 2013 (as storage space is limited)

£100 Garden Tool Raffle Winners

Congratulations to our raffle winners Bill & Sue Craft.

Many thanks also to those of you who donated and bought plants, baked cakes and purchased raffle tickets which helped us raise £140 towards our new community hut. :)

Would you like to borrow a rotavator?

"I’d be very happy to loan you our old Howard 350 rotavator. It is a powerful (8hp petrol) machine with a 2 foot cutting width. It’s self-propelled and is good at digging long, straight lines – breaking up new ground, turning over soil, digging in green manures etc. Use is free (although a donation of some fresh veg come autumn would be welcome!), but you will need a little unleaded petrol and strong boots or shoes to wear. Instructions will be given and, if you follow these, the rotavator is easy and safe for adults to operate, although of course you will use it at your own risk. I can drop off at Hagg Lane"

If you’d like to borrow this please e-mail the above address and we will pass you Chris Stebbing's personal contact details on.

No tools or money are stored on site EVER.

Thank you

A big thank you to all those of you who supported us at last weekends plant sale. We received a number of kind donations of plants and cake which were greatly appreciated.

Our next sale begins at 9.30am on Saturday 18th May when we will also have a large selection of cucumber, courgette, peas, runner beans, pumpkins and butternut squashes plants available from just 75p.

Plant Sales

We hope you will come and support us at this weekends plant sales which are taking place between 9.30am to 2.30pm. A big thankyou to our fantastic volunteers who have unloaded our 4 plant growbags, weighed out maxicrop liquid tomato feed, baled up runnerbean canes and set up the plant sale.