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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

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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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    RAINBOW

    Bring colour to your vegetable garden with white, red, pink and yellow stems and savoyed green leaves. A good addition to salads as a baby leaf or can be left to mature for cooking.

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    ONWARD

    A real old fashioned 'marrowfat', which has retained its great popularity through the years. Regarded by many as THE maincrop pea, the disease-resistant plants produce masses of blunt, dark green pods filled with large, tasty peas.

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    TRIOMPHANT

    This cauliflower is just for Christmas and January too. The dense, pure white curds remain well protected by foliage. If you like the idea of home-grown cauliflower as part of your Christmas lunch look no further than this outstanding variety.

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    CHERRY BELLE

    Cherry Belle, much like their name are cherry shaped and cherry coloured. They contain a pure crisp white flesh which is slow to go pithy and woody . Popular, early cropping variety, mild flavour and crisp texture. Cherry Belle is quick growing and stays fresh over long periods.

Lettuces

Jobs for this Month - June

  1. Plant out tender crops such as courgettes, squash and pumpkins.

  2. Sow successional carrots, beetroots, lettuces and radishes.

  3. Continue to earth-up shoots of growing potatoe plants.

  4. Harvest early lettuces, radishes and new potatoes.