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Seed Potatoes are now in stock in the allotment shop. Please download the order form, complete and send to ghaaallotment@gmail.com. Alternatively you can complete a form and hand in at the shop on a Sunday morning or post through the shop letterbox. You will be advised of the cost and when your order will be readyContinue reading “Seed potatoes avaliable”

The very deserving winner of the Christmas Wreath competition is MR Clive Yelf / plot 14a East. Congratualtions!

We have had 14 great entries in the Christmas wreath competition this year. Please see gallery below of all the entries, you can click on images for a larger version. Vote for your favourite using the poll below, please only vote once per allotment plot. Voting closes on 18 December.

They Christmas wreath competition has been extended, entries will be accepted for another week. Photos to be sent to by midnight Friday 4th December 2020Voting nominations 7th – 18th December 2020Winner wreath announced 20th December 2020 See some entries below if you looking for inspiration.

Some allotment holders on the West side have reported tomato blight on their plants. Please check your own tomato plants and be vigilant for this. If your tomato plants are suffering from tomato blight there is no cure, infected plant will need to be destroyed. Burning is the most effective way, never put them onContinue reading “Tomato blight”

All allotments are likely to attract some form of pests. We cannot rid the allotment entirely of these creatures, and nor should we. Rats may unpleasant but they are part of the food web nevertheless; providing food for owls for example.However we want to share some preventative tips with all plot holders on steps we canContinue reading “Pests at the allotments”

A story currently being reported by the Telegraph and other sites: Hundreds of British gardeners have been ‘receiving unsolicited deliveries of garden seeds sent from China marked as ear studs’ amongst several other descriptions.  Several accounts on eBay as well as Amazon have already been removed.  Seeds have been appearing for several weeks to peopleContinue reading “Seed news”

Currently we have to keep the Allotment Hall and toilets closed. We are still following the advice of the National Allotment Society and they have been telling us that to open the toilets they should be deep cleaned at least twice a day in PPE gear and under supervision. No one has been in theContinue reading “Covid Update”