Author: oldlanelottswp

Dear members,

Tony Paine (Plot 38) has placed a number of cuttings from his red gooseberry bush outside the main hut building. They are not in pots so they really need to be planted & watered straight away.

Please help yourself if you require one for your allotment plot.

Tony Paine

Blog & photos by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

 Stores Opening Times 2019 Growing Season

Monday          10am – 12 o clock   Tony Paine   (plot 38)

Tuesday         Closed –

Wednesday    9am – 12 o clock  Mark Burton (plot 14)

Thursday       Closed –

Friday            9am – 12 o clock     Mark Burton (plot 14)

Saturday        10am -12 o clock   Tony Paine   (plot 38)

Sunday          Closed

If for some reason the stores are not open on said above days/times it will be due to unforeseen circumstances. All monies from stores go to the upkeep of our site. If you could bring the correct money for your purchases that would be great.

Thank you

Mark Burton / Tony Paine

ON BEHALF OF OLD LANE ALLOTMENTS COMMITTEE

Dear plot members,

Tony Paine (plot 38) has a selection of second hands tools for sale priced at £2.00 each.

See him on his plot & take a look !!

All monies taken go towards the upkeep of our site

Old Lane Allotments Committee 

Over this years growing season I have scheduled blogs on vegetables with a difference. Rather than explaining how to grow them which are on the back of seed packets. I thought it would be interesting to write about the origins of vegetables, and their health claims and (did you know ?) facts.

I hope you will find them as interesting as I did when writing them & accessing the research & facts

Blog by Mark Burton ( Allotment Secretary)

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com

Photo by photos_by_ginny on Pexels.com

January usually brings bad weather but hopefully you can still complete those winter jobs that are still on your to do list. Check your stored vegetables , empty your potato sacks to see if any have become rotten, a squeeze will establish if a potato has gone bad. It would be a good idea to check the underside of your strung onions where rot usually starts from. January is not a month for outdoor planting or sowing you can try to grow some summer cauliflowers in a frost free place such as a cold-frame or frost free greenhouse, but obviously sowing in the deep winter months is a gamble.

          Blog by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

Dear Plot Members,

Our website statistics are on the increase each month. Many of are members have signed up to the Old Lane Allotments website making communication that bit easier,  I have received positive feedback from members old & new. It kind of puts us on the map & people have signed up from other parts of the country to read the blogs & to look at the photographs. I have outlined are stats below to give you all an idea of how the site is doing.

 2018    We have had  1,020  Visitors To Our Site & Over 8,020 Views

 2017    We  had            416   Visitors To Our Site & Over  7,312 Views

We all contribute to Old Lane Allotments on keeping the site clean & tidy. We have no empty plots at the moment which is great going into this years growing season. Keep up the good work everyone we all deserve credit & should be proud of our site & what is being achieved.

Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

For & on behalf of Old Lane Allotments Association

• Pallets are easy to come by and are very useful for building your own compost bin.
• Old windows/frames can be great to make a small cold frame.
• Recycle old bricks & paving slabs to make paths on your allotment.
• Unwanted net curtains are really good for keeping birds off your crops
• Use small empty pop bottles to put on your canes as cane toppers to protect your eyes, they also rattle in the wind deterring  birds away from your crops.
• Old metal bed frames can be used as the picture indicates above to make an enclosure if you bring your pet to the allotment.
  

  Have a think when you are intending to throw away unwanted items at home – Would they come in useful on my allotment ?

                     Blog by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

Wishing All our Members a Happy Christmas & a Prosperous new year

From the Old Lane Allotments Committee 

Lets all look forward to next years growing season

Wheelbarrows

Can members please return the wheelbarrows after use to the storage area for the next person to use.

Horse manure storage area

As members are aware when horse manure is brought to site it is left in the storage area for members to use. Recently unwanted rubbish is appearing in this area, glass, broken plant pots, empty cartons, broken electrical items. We have made that storage area for everybody’s benefit to enable easy access to the manure. So whoever is putting items there can you refrain from doing it please. Rubbish & unwanted items should be taken home or left at home for disposal.

Thank you for your Co Operation

Old Lane Allotments Committee

We have collected a number of collars to put over young brassica plants to keep the wood pigeons away & protect plants from the elements. We have put them next to the main hut building entrance.  Please take some if you require them for your plot.

Allotment Committee