Author Archives: Admin
The container move is complete
Thank you to Fernando Andreu for project managing this work, to Tim Smith for preparing the base and to W Marley’s for moving the container. This project is now complete, although some work will be needed to clean up the … Continue reading
Free to a good home! Garden storage container
We have been offered a garden storage box by a member of the public for someone to use on their allotment. The box is currently dismantled as shown in the photograph, but we are assured that it is very easy … Continue reading
We’re on Facebook!
I have tried to produce a couple of newsletters recently, and the circulation of these is fairly good, although the responses I receive to these are limited (which could be a good thing or a bad thing!). In order to … Continue reading
Slugs. Good or bad?
If you’ve ever found a slug and immediately wanted to get rid of it, maybe you haven’t considered its benefit to the allotment. The John Innes Centre has pulled together a handy gide on the different types of slugs we’re … Continue reading
Container Fire Day: Friday 21st August
Friday 21st August is the next allowable fire day in the calendar.
Members are requested to observe sensible precautions as detailed in this post. Continue reading
Can you help with research into Leaf Miners?
Postgraduate researcher, Siobhan Hillman at the University of East Anglia is working with the British Beet Research Organisation on leaf mining pests of sugar beet. She is looking for people to send in samples of any leaf miner from their … Continue reading
Growing concern over aminopyralid in manure and compost
Organic gardening specialists, Garden Organic, have reported that incidents of apparent contamination of manure and compost are being investigated by the Health and Safety Executive. What is aminopyralid? Aminopyralid is a weedkiller produced by agricultural chemical manufacturer, Corteva, which is … Continue reading
NSALG National Allotments Week 2020
All Newton Hall Allotments Association members are also members of the (National Association of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners) NSALG as part of your annual rent payment. This year, the NSALG are running National Allotments Week from the 10th to the … Continue reading
Be water wise! ?
In this warmer weather it is natural to want to water your crops in order to keep them hydrated. However, did you know that the association pay for water on a meter? Every year we spend several hundreds of pounds … Continue reading
Know your seedlings! Carrots
Growing Carrots from seed We are hoping to run a series of informative posts about how to identify different seedlings, to help you avoid growing non-intended crops and weeds in place of your prized veg! Today it is carrots. Carrot … Continue reading
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