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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

Knit and Natter Friday 13th March, 2-4 pm in the social 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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    DURHAM EARLY

    Probably one of the most well known and reliable spring cabbages. Cabbage Durham Early produces firm, pointed, well flavoured hearts on compact plants. This compact variety also be sown or planted closely for delicious 'spring greens' ready to harvest from February.

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    PRIMAVERA

    Heavy cropping dwarf French bean producing pencil podded beans about 6 inches long that are easy to pick. Beans are full of flavour and plants have good disease resistance.

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    RESISTAFLY

    Marked resistance to carrot fly is not the only reason to grow this Nantes-type. Its flavour is sweet, and the roots have little core. The perfect finger carrot for late autumn.

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    VICTORIA

    Victoria F1 is mid green colour, tall with fleshy petioles. One of the best flavoured celery varieties available which is self blanching, quick growing and has a good standing ability. Early to mid season production and will grow where it is traditionally difficult.

Sowing

Jobs for this Month - March

  1. Sow greenhouse cucumbers, tomatoes & peppers in 3” pots.

  2. Sow courgettes, squash & pumpkin indoors in 3” pots.

  3. Sow broad beans, early carrots and spring onions direct outside.

  4. Plant first early potatoes, shallots & onions sets.