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Here are some photographs taken at our Annual General Meeting by Mick Cooper. Great photographs. A big thank you to Mick for bringing his camera on the night.

Here are some photographs taken at our Annual General Meeting by Mick Cooper. Great photographs. A big thank you to Mick for bringing his camera on the night.

The Committee would like to thank all plot members that attended our Annual General meeting on the 7th October 2019 , people turned up in numbers & it was a good night had by all.

We had a raffle with all prizes donated by the committee. “Our plants mean prizes “winners were as follows.

IST PRIZE & JOINT WINNERS – PLOT 4 MARIE & JIM DARLOW – PLOT 11 WILLIAM MULLOWNEY BOTH WINNERS RECEIVING A £30 CASH PRIZE.

2ND PRIZE & JOINT WINNERS – PLOT 38 TONY PAINE – PLOT 59 SANDRA DEACON – BOTH MEMBERS RECEIVING A £20 CASH PRIZE

BEST NEWCOMERS TO THE SITE – NICK THYER & KATHRINE THORNTON – PLOT 13W RECEIVING A £30 CASH PRIZE.

LEEDS CITY COUNCIL DONATED £50 IN VOUCHERS FOR THE ARIUM PLANT NURSERY THESE WERE WON IN OUR RAFFLE BY – PLOT 2E DAVID FOX – & PLOT 11 WILLIAM MULLOWNEY £25 IN VOUCHERS EACH

 CONGRATULATION TO ALL ARE WINNERS FROM THE OLD LANE ALLOTMENTS COMMITTEE.

MICK COOPER TOOK SOME PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE NIGHT & I WILL POST THEM ON A BLOG SOON.

BLOG CREATED BY MARK BURTON (ALLOTMENT SECRETARY)

These are some photographs sent in by Nick from (Depuy Synthes)  of some of the produce they have harvested over this years growing season. They occupy plot 28 on our site. They grow most of there fruit & vegetables for local food banks. Well done to all those involved.

Blog by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

Our Annual General meeting 7th October 2019

South Leeds Conservative Club

                                                    Wooler Street, Leeds,  LS11 7JH

From    7 PM  :  BUFFET INCLUDED

TO PAY PLOT FEES –  ORDER/PAY FOR SEED POTATOES –  

ORDER/PAY FOR KINGS SEEDS

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com

With the first frosts hitting us this month as the season really starts to slow down we can now prepare for the next growing season. Its not too late to plant out over wintering onion sets. You can plant your garlic now. Towards the end of the month you can sow broad beans for an early crop. Your greenhouse should come to an end this month any green tomatoes can be made into chutney or ripened over the next couple of months producing red tomatoes. Store them in a cool place in the dark not touching each other in case one rots & passes on to other fruits. If they dont look like they are ripening put an over ripened banana in with them this will release ethylene gas that contributes to ripening. Runner beans & French beans will come to an end this month.

When land becomes vacant you can dig it & Spread manure over the surface. Leave the soil in large clumps the worms will break them up to get to the manure. Now is the time to give the greenhouse a good clean out & wash down making more direct light next growing season.

Blog by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

These pictures were taken today on my plot, the fox having a lazy day on the allotments.

    Photographs by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

You don’t need a compost bin to make compost, you can simply make a compost heap. A compost bin makes your garden or allotment a lot tidier. Plastic compost bins are useful making good use of space. Ideally a compost bin sits on soil in a sunny position, as placing one in the shade takes the compost longer to form.

Hot Composting – You construct the compost heap carefully with the right materials in even layers. You wait for it to heat up, then start to cool down , then you have to turn it to mix up the layers. And then do it all again, finally you can relax then let it mature for several weeks before use.

Cold Composting – Most people don’t have time to make a hot compost or they don’t have the right mix of materials. You can take a more relaxed approach with cold composting. You throw things in as & when you have them & let it decompose in its own time.

Things To Compost –  Compost breaks down because bacteria, fungi & mini beasts eat organic matter. They need a balanced diet of browns & greens (equal amounts by volume) .  Browns – Carbon Rich Materials – Twigs, dead leaves, cardboard, newspaper, straw, hay, wood shavings.  Greens – Full Of Nitrogen – Fresh leaves & stems, grass cuttings, vegetable peelings, Apple cores, tea leaves, coffee grounds, faeces from vegetarian animals. You can also add egg shells for calcium but crush them up first as they are slow to break down.

Blog By Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

Our Annual General meeting 7th October 2019

South Leeds Conservative Club

                                                    Wooler Street, Leeds,  LS11 7JH

From    7 PM  :  BUFFET INCLUDED

TO PAY PLOT FEES –  ORDER/PAY FOR SEED POTATOES –  

ORDER/PAY FOR KINGS SEEDS