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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

Saturday 10th October, Wildlife Field Tidy Up, meeting at 9.30am by the field near the Hall

Saturday 14th November, Artisan Fair in the Hall

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    Forms

    The new place to find all our current forms

  • Allotment plot

    Renting a Plot

    Looking to rent an allotment plot? Look here for more information

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    Trading Hut

    The trading hut is open to our plot holders and green finger members


Growing Guides

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    KESTREL

    A wonderful old fashioned taste, which absorbs less fat when it is cooking. Good for the show bench and resistant to slugs. Colour - white, blue. Shape - long oval. Boil, steam, mash, chip, saute, bake or roast.

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    AILSA CRAIG

    (Indeterminate) A popular cordon variety that is reliable, with medium-sized fruits of fine shape and flavour. Ideal for greenhouse and outdoor growing.

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    STARBOR

    An extremely winter hardy variety with compact, attractive plants that can be grown closer together than normal. Produces lots of highly crinkled leaves that can be harvested for up to 7 months of the year.

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    ST GEORGE

    A winner of the prestigious RHS AGM, the bicolour flowers make it ornamental enough for the flower garden. The crisp, tender, fleshy, tasty pods are produced in clusters for quick, easy picking.

Leaves

Jobs for this Month - November

  1. Rake up fallen leaves and add to the compost bin or separate leaf bin.

  2. Plant spring flowering bulbs - tulips, daffodils, crocus, etc...

  3. Plant new fruit trees and bushes whilst in their dormant state.

  4. Propogate fruit bushes by taking hardwood cuttings.