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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

Social Event - BBQ, cakes, drinks and the opportunity to meet others on Monday 4th May (Bank Holiday)

More details will follow soon, but for now please save the date.

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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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    HUNDREDWEIGHT

    Enormous exhibition-worthy vegetables excellent for entering into competitions. The orange/yellow-skinned pumpkins are high in flavour too - perfect for pies and soups.

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    KLIMARO

    An extremely versatile variety, Klimaro can harvested when small or grown large. It has a small core and fantastic internal colour and will stand well without going overmature. It has an excellent flavour, particularly suited to coleslaw.

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    LONGOR

    An excellent elongated banana-type variety with copper coloured skins and pink flesh. Each organic shallot yields 6-8 bulbs at harvest. Very easy to peel and slice. Great tasting sweet flavour! Harvest June-September.

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    DEFENDER

    Courgette Defender has an open bush habit, making it very easy to harvest. It is also very early to crop (sometimes in June). It is a heavy yielding variety which is resistant to Cucumber Mosaic Virus. Deep green fruits are produced all summer long if cropped regularly.

Peas

Jobs for this Month - May

  1. Harden off and begin planting out indoor raised seedlings; protect susceptible plants from slugs and snails.

  2. Sow french beans, runner beans, carrots, cabbages, beetroots and salad crops outdoors - protected with cloches or fleece if frosts threaten.

  3. Plant any remaining seed potatoes and earth-up shoots of growing potatoe plants.

  4. Tie in peas to sticks or canes; pinch out tips of early broad beans to discourage aphids.