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June 13, 2007
Use of the Water Tanks
It is essential that cans and containers which have been used for any chemicals or pesticides, organic or not, are NOT washed out in the tanks. Please ensure they are thoroughly rinsed via the tap and emptied onto the soil…
13 June 2007 | Category » Advice | Comments [0]
The Notice Board
We would like to revive this as an information exchange point. Anyone can put up a postcard-sized notice - plants offered, seed swaps, requests, etc. Include the date and your plot number. Also, you might have noticed, the board itself…
13 June 2007 | Category » News | Comments [0]
June 23, 2007
Council Meeting: 17 April 2007
Each year, the council asks each site (17 in Richmond borough) what essential maintenance they need. Last year, all sites had a survey of their water systems to meet new water regulations, one had site clearance and the provision of…
23 June 2007 | Category » News | Comments [0]
The Committee
We are pleased to welcome on to the committee two new members, Peter Mahnke and Harald Molgaard. If you have any comments on any aspect of the allotments, or contributions or comments for the newsletter, please speak to any committee…
23 June 2007 | Category » News | Comments [0]
The Glut -- Calling All Cooks
They may be small at the moment, but very soon the courgettes, tomatoes, beans and all your other crops are going to be bursting out. How do you deal with the glut? Make chutneys, main dishes, puddings, cakes, wine? Recipe…
23 June 2007 | Category » Advice | Comments [0]
Three Pleases
Please always lock the gate, after you enter and when you leave. A plot-holder recently had a wheelbarrow stolen and two others lost garden chairs. It’s not known how this happened, but we do need to be security conscious….
23 June 2007 | Category » News | Comments [0]
Straw bedding
We have received a delivery of straw bales, courtesy of Percy Chapman and Sons in Twickenham. These got rained on recently and started to smell a bit so they couldn’t sell them fro pet bedding. But they are perfect for…
23 June 2007 | Category » News | Comments [0]
Ponds
A few holders have ponds on their plots. The pros are that they can attract wildlife, especially frogs and toads, and water-loving plants can be grown. The cons are they can be a breeding area for mosquitoes and there is…
23 June 2007 | Category » Advice | Comments [0]
Top tips
Do you have one to pass on to other gardeners? Here are a few from plotholders. Please send in your own. Even if you think it may be well known, there will always be someone for whom it’s new. “Last…
23 June 2007 | Category » Advice | Comments [0]
Twickenham Gardening Association
The Twickenham Gardening Association organises a number of coach trips, one Sunday a month at very reasonable cost, on which they welcome visitors. Pick-ups are between 9 and 9.30 am in Twickenham and Whitton and all venues have cafes and…
23 June 2007 | Category » News | Comments [0]
Companion Planting
In the last newsletter, we touched on companion planting. This can be a very beneficial approach to natural gardening, in terms of both pest control, and in helping pollination. The common marigold (Tagetes patula) and Meadow Foam (Limanthes dougasii),…
23 June 2007 | Category » Advice | Comments [0]
Advice from 'Garden Organic'
The website www.gardenorganic.org.uk of ‘Garden Organic’ provides much good advice to help us, for example: “Bindweed hates disturbance so it flourishes where the soil is not cultivated. Dig out or hoe off every new shoot you see. When you…
23 June 2007 | Category » Advice | Comments [0]
Organic Practice
The last newsletter had an item about organic gardening. The committee wishes to encourage organic practice and several people are sympathetic to the idea. But, as Stephen Alexander (plot 30A) pointed out, how can you deal with invasive perennial weeds…
23 June 2007 | Category » News | Comments [0]
Open Day: 1st July
This year our open day and social event is on Sunday, 1st July and — something different — from noon to about 4pm we are having a barbeque, plus a sale of plants, tools and other items. Please come to…
23 June 2007 | Category » News | Comments [0]
Links
- Squires Garden Centre
excellent garden centre in between Twickenham and Teddington. - Richmond Council
Check out the Council's Allotment Information - NSALG
National Society of Allotment & Leisure Gardeners - Soil Association
UK's leading environmental charity promoting sustainable, organic farming and championing human health - Organic Gardening Catalogue
- Thompson & Morgan