New warning regarding Aminopyralid (June 2010)
Garden Organic has put out a new warning regarding Aminopyralid (June 2010). Click below for an information sheet on Garden Organic's website:
Herbicide Contamination of Manure and composts
Blight alert
Hot and humid weather provides the perfect conditions for the dreaded potato and tomato blight.
- Learn to recognize the symptoms of blight (opens a PDF).
- Read how to prevent an attack of blight and what to do if your crops are infected.
- Sign up with Blightwatch’s Fight Against Blight service for free email alerts of the risks of an outbreak in our area.
Free manure and woodchips
Regular deliveries of royal manure and woodchips are now arriving. Help yourself from plot 126.
The woodchips are ideal for paths but shouldn't be used as a mulch on beds until they have completely composted down - which may take up to six months.
What to do this month
- What should you be sowing and planting now?
- What crops should be ready for harvesting?
- What jobs need doing on your plot?
Find out in our month-by-month calendar of what to do and when.
Workdays
Our communal volunteer workdays are taking place on the first Sunday of each month throughout the summer. There are only two more to go this year, so please put these dates in your diary:
- Sunday 1st August
- Sunday 5th September
Come and help us with a few of the routine jobs that keep the site running smoothly. Find out more
Your photos
Portraits of fellow plotholders proudly displaying their horticultural successes. Inspirational images of nature’s bounty. Or candid shots of the less savoury aspects of allotment life. Our photo galleries feature all these – and more.
Waiting list
Unfortunately, demand for plots is currently so high that our waiting list is temporarily closed.
Thanks to Gavin Collins for this image Click image to close
Patriotic plea
Inspired by the Ministry of Food exhibition at the Imperial War Museum.
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