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Seed Potatoes/Stores stock – price increases

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    Rising Costs

    We have had an E mail from Gro/well – Codnor about price increases. Seed potatoes are going up by 15% and they think other manufacturer’s will follow suit with inflated prices. They have said its to do with fuel costs , transport/ packaging, yield & availability on seed potatoes. They have also changed the quantity per sack that we purchase to 20kg instead of 25kg. Although we try & keep are prices as low as we can for members we have to pass these costs on.

    Seed potatoes will still remain at £5.00 but the quantity now will only be 4kg instead of 5kg. Seed potatoe order forms will be included with rent statements which will be given out at the earliest next week.

    Thanks

    Blog created by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary) On behalf of Old Lane Allotments Association

    No Annual General Meeting this October due to the ongoing pandemic.

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    • No Annual General meeting this October 2021

    Once again due to the ongoing pandemic there will be no Annual General Meeting which was scheduled for the 4th October 2021. Ways to pay for annual rents, seed potatoes & Kings seed orders will be explained when we distribute rent statements at the end of August/beginning of September .

    Blog by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

    Life of a hen – part 4

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    My hens Molly, Lilly , Onyx, Peppa, & Dotty have really settled in they are now eating greens, & i Have eggs already. They must be happy & settled to be laying. They are lovely natured animals all with there own characteristics & personalities. I am reading & learning about hens everyday to gain more knowledge.

    Blog & pictures by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

    Life of a hen

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    This was the first day for my 5 hens Molly, Lilly, Onyx, Dotty, & Pepa, I had to name them all as they have all got there own personalities. They didn’t come out of the house for the first day obviously cautious of there new surroundings.

    Blog & Pictures by (Mark Burton – Allotment Secretary)

    30 Litre plant pots

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    30 Litre second hand plant pots

    We have a small number of 30 litre second hand plant pots for sale at £1 each.

    See Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary if you would like to purchase any. All funds go back into the running of the site. Big thankyou from our chairman Mick Hogan for supplying them

    Blog created by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary) picture Mark Burton

    Vegetable Growing – August

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    August with a bit of luck, brings us the best of the summer weather but being the traditional holiday month,  it can be hard keeping on top of your allotment with a fortnights holiday. Early potatoes should be dug up now, its best to harvest potatoes early in the day rinse them & leave them to dry,  in the sunlight for a day to harden the skins before storage.

    Vegetables you can still sow in August

    Spring cabbage, Spring onions, radish, beetroot, turnips, Spinach, Swiss chard, carrots, Kale for Winter & Spring cropping, parsley, coriander & chervil can be sown in the greenhouse for growing throughout winter. Plant out summer  Cauliflowers early this month for an Autumn harvest

    Stop tomato plants growing now to encourage fruit to swell, keep side shoots in check, you want tomato’s & don’t want a mass of green foliage.   Keep an eye on your brassicas for butterfly eggs & caterpillars. Most of these will be under the leaves in clusters of little yellow/white balls. Pick or wash them off before they develop & dine on your dinner. Turn your compost the warm weather will help break it down, water it if it’s really dry.

    Blog by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

     

    Wheelbarrows

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    All the site wheelbarrow handles have been painted orange for identification.

    Please can we make sure the barrows are put back in the holding area

    Thank you

    Blog created by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

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    The Life of a hen

    An oppurtunity came along where i acquired a hen run it had to be dismantled on site & rebuilt. Tony Paine took the lead on the dismantle & rebuild of the hen coup & as you can see he has done a really grand job. We had to make the hen run fox proof & safe for the hens to dwell in.

    I am going to do a series of blogs now I’ve got my hens. I thought it might be nice to show everyone how they are settling in to there new environment. We worked for 3 !/2 days to make it to what it looks like in the picture. Thanks to Tony & everyone involved in transporting the roof & hen house on to my plot.

    Blog & picture by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)