Autumn Social

Sunday 19th September, 12.00 - 2.30

• Best produce show
• Giant pumpkin competition
• Home produce stall
• Raffle
• Barbecue, drinks, cakes and snacks

Help and volunteers needed:

• Jams, chutneys, pickles, cakes, etc. for the Home Produce stall.
• Volunteers on the day to set up, help on stalls, and clear away.

Find out more.

Updated blight alert

Alerts from BlightWatch have been recorded in the TW11 and KT1 postcode areas.

As of 15th August, there have been two full "Smith periods" - i.e., at least two consecutive days with minimum temperature of 10ºC or above and at least 11 hours per day of relative humidity greater than 90%. These are the perfect conditions for blight.

No reports of blight on the RPA site yet - but there is an increased risk to those of us who grow potatoes and tomatoes. Vigilance is now more necessary than ever.

Learn to recognize the symptoms of blight (opens a PDF).

Sign up with Blightwatch’s Fight Against Blight service for free email alerts of the risks of an outbreak in our area.

Warning regarding Aminopyralid

In July, Garden Organic put out an update regarding the dangers of Aminopyralid. Click below for an information sheet on Garden Organic's website:
Herbicide Contamination of Manure and composts

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 5th September

There is only one more to go this year, so please put the date in your diary: 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.

A wounded hedgehog recently found on the site by Roger (plot 141), who rescued it and ensured that it was taken to the Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital. Read more in the new Allotment Wildlife area of our Photo gallery section. And send us your photos of animals, birds, and insects - both friends and foes.