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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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    BARCELONA

    The large, succulent heads of this premium quality iceberg lettuce have strong resistance to tipburn, green lettuce aphid and all known races of downy mildew. Its flavour is equally impressive!

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    BRILLIANT

    Smooth roots with beautiful white flesh which does not discolour. Also known as Turnip Rooted Celery, it will add a delicious tangy taste to soups and stews. Maturing time approximately 30 weeks from sowing.

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    LITTLE GEM

    Britain's best loved lettuce, quick to mature and producing compact Cos type heads. Heads are a fine sweet flavour with a crisp and crunchy texture. Grows well under cloches and great for successional sowing.

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    INVITATION

    A strong-growing, Club Root resistant swede which also benefits from Powdery Mildew resistance and improved winter hardiness over other varieties.

Green manure

Jobs for this Month - October

  1. Clear away the remains of all plants that have finished cropping.

  2. Sow over-wintering green manures.

  3. Plant garlic and sow hardy broad beans under cloches for cropping next year.

  4. Install new water butts to collect rain over winter.