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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.

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Peter Armitage and his sister May’s funeral will be taking place on the 28th December at 12.15.The venue will be at Cottingley crematorium. Then onto South Leeds Conservative club, Wooler Street, Leeds LS11 7JH.

Peter had been involved with Old Lane Allotments for many years and was an honorary member of the Committee.

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Our supplier for cow manure has not got any for delivery for the foreseeable future. As the prices of fertilisers has practically doubled for farmers, they are using the manure on their own land. We offer Gro Organic which is a soil improver and will put necessary nutrients back into your soil

Grow Organic is a 100% organic fertiliser, it improves soil & breaks clay. I have included some pictures so plot members can read what it can be used for, & what the benefits are. We keep the product in stock, and the price is £7.50, it would cover 1/2 plot if spread out & dug in. People who use it say it is as good as cow manure without all the hassle of delivery & off course the mess. It can be used for different applications.

All monies taken go towards the up keep of the site.

OLD LANE ALLOTMENTS COMMITTEE

 Blog by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

 

Dear Plot members

& Website Followers

We as a committee would like to thank everybody for there hard work & commitment to there plots this year. So A very merry Xmas & a Happy healthy new year

All The Best From Mick, Mark, Steve, Reg, Geoff

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The days are now shorter & the weather is even colder. There is still plenty to do down on the allotment, its that time of year to carry out those little jobs that are difficult to complete when the growing season is in full swing

Here is a checklist that might help you over the winter period.

Clean & disinfect greenhouse, pots & seed trays, any repairs to your structures. keep turning over your compost, winter dig, lime your plot, keep things tidy to prevent homes for winter pests, pruning, cover winter vegetables, store leaves for next years mulch, put weed suppressant ground cover down on the land.

Those cosy nights at home plan your allotment for next years growing season, and sort out your seeds & what you want to grow.

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As members are aware the water has been turned off for the site. The toilet is now connected to the water tanks, that collect rainwater. We have now got a tap in the toilet area and a bucket for topping up the cistern to be able to flush the toilet.

Blog created by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

Our supplier for cow manure has not got any for delivery for the foreseeable future. As the prices of fertilisers has practically doubled for farmers, they are using the manure on their own land. We offer Gro Organic which is a soil improver and will put necessary nutrients back into your soil

Grow Organic is a 100% organic fertiliser, it improves soil & breaks clay. I have included some pictures so plot members can read what it can be used for, & what the benefits are. We keep the product in stock, and the price is £7.50, it would cover 1/2 plot if spread out & dug in. People who use it say it is as good as cow manure without all the hassle of delivery & off course the mess. It can be used for different applications.

All monies taken go towards the up keep of the site.

OLD LANE ALLOTMENTS COMMITTEE

 Blog by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

 

Just letting members know we are turning off the water to the site this Sunday 13th November.

Blog by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

By now the nights are drawing in,so trying to fit in the allotment work becomes more difficult. Its time now to plant hardy Autumn broad beans, hardy peas can also be planted as well. Plant garlic cloves now otherwise you risk the weather becoming too wet or the ground being frozen. November is also the time to plant fruit trees, bare rooted ones which can only be planted when dormant. The same applies to new fruit bushes, rhubarb,blackberry & raspberry canes. As the ground becomes vacant it is now the time to dig in manure or grow – organic , leave the soil roughly dug in large clumps & let the worms do the work.

Digging over the land introduces air to the soil, loosening it also leaves insects & pests to the open air where birds can eat them.  Do not forget to check your vegetables in storage, and removing anything that has started to rot before it spreads. Potatoes really need to be checked at regular intervals.

Remember we sell Grow – Organic to dig into the land – All monies go back into running the site

Blog by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)

Our supplier for cow manure has not got any for delivery for the foreseeable future. As the prices of fertilisers has practically doubled for farmers, they are using the manure on their own land. We offer Gro Organic which is a soil improver and will put necessary nutrients back into your soil

Grow Organic is a 100% organic fertiliser, it improves soil & breaks clay. I have included some pictures so plot members can read what it can be used for, & what the benefits are. We keep the product in stock, and the price is £7.50, it would cover 1/2 plot if spread out & dug in. People who use it say it is as good as cow manure without all the hassle of delivery & off course the mess. It can be used for different applications.

All monies taken go towards the up keep of the site.

OLD LANE ALLOTMENTS COMMITTEE

 Blog by Mark Burton (Allotment Secretary)