Allotment holders ‘delighted’ after University of Gloucestershire changes expansion plans

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Find out about plots available in Ongar – With plots available in Castle Street, Ongar, and Moreton Road, Shelley, Ongar Town Council hopes they can be put to good use.

Flash sale at Seed parade
Says 37+ hours left!

We’ve had too much rain now – bits of my allotment are so wet there’s a family of ducks moved in.

There’s a twitter account for local weather and they have this page of interesting statistics This tells me the Rainfall This Year so far is 944.8 mm!

You can apply for the Awards for All grants for projects on your allotment.
Area:England
Funding size:£300 – £10,000

A common request is for a composting toilet (Especially useful for sites without drainage or mains water)

Natsol do a composting loo for about £8k installed.

Aquadulce Claudia is recommended for autumn and winter sowings throughout the U.K. for the earliest crops the following spring and summer.

Bean (Broad) Seeds – Robin Hood £3.99
Never tried broad beans on the patio before? Dwarf variety Robin Hood will provide you with a good crop of nutritious beans that taste far superior to any you’ll find at the supermarket!SMALL SPACES made easy! Are you feeling left behind by the grow-your-own revolution because you live in a gardenless apartment or have a postage-stamp-sized patio? Dont worry: Anyone with a sunny windowsill, patio, or balcony can cultivate home-grown vegetables. In fact, choosing plants that are nutritious, delicious, and attractive is the ultimate way to maximise limited space. Weve tried and tested these varieties suitable for small spaces and know they’ll succeed, but thats not to say there arent other vegetable seeds that you could try!Dwarf type for small spacesSuitable for summer and autumn croppingGood tolerance to soil borne diseases

Bean (Broad) Seeds – Witkiem Manita £2.99
A fast-growing, quick-maturing broad bean, producing a good harvest of short, well-filled pods. The beans have a high tannin content, giving them particularly good taste. For spring sowing.

Bean (Broad) Seeds – The Sutton £2.99
Bred by Suttons. Can be sown in succession March-July outdoors, and November-February under cloches to produce a very early crop. Recommended for small gardens. Sown as instructed, a packet of seed is sufficient for a single row of approximately 8.3m (27′). Dwarf variety. White seeded variety. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany. Great beginner variety.Heritage Seed Variety, 1925 packet details – A wonderful dwarf type of broad bean, attaining a height of nine to twelve inches only when grown in the open ground. The plants are of more or less spreading habit and are so freely branched that a very large number of pods is produced, each containing four or five beans of superior table quality.

Bean (Broad) Seeds – Karmazyn £2.99
A must for anyone looking for something different! Karmazyn is a compact-growing broad bean that will produce a bountiful crop of tasty and colourful beans!

Bean (Broad) Seeds – Giant Exhibition Longpod £2.99
Pods of good length and beans of delicious flavour. Very successful on show benches. For spring sowing. White seeded variety.

Bean (Broad) Seeds – De Monica £2.99
This superb, early-maturing variety grows well in low daylight conditions, producing bountiful crops of 15cm (6) long pods filled with 5-7 tasty, creamy-coloured beans per pod.Early maturing, delicious podsWill grow in low light conditions

Bean (Broad) Seeds – Listra £2.89
A superb, early maturing broad bean producing a good crop of tasty pale-green beans. Performs well even when sown quite late.

These lovely little leaves are lovely to harvest over winter.
It’ll set seed next year if you leave it and produce tons more plants for next year!

Corn Salad Seeds – Lambs Lettuce £1.99
Can be gathered when three or four leaves have formed, or given protection from frost with straw or bracken. Grows well in pots, keeping lower leaves clean.

Here in Oldham we are restricted to only brown or green for the colour of our sheds. And they must be made of wood!

Does that sound quite boring?
It might do if it wasn’t for this new wood stain from Alcro, Sweden’s leading paint brand.

Available in 72 colours, this is great for gardeners who wants to revive, colour and protect garden sheds, gazebos, pergolas, furniture, fences and more.

As well as this massive range they will also mix bespoke colours

Alcro Fasad is available in a 1L tin or a 3L tub and retails at £18.34 and £53.34 excl VAT respectively.

For more information, free colour cards and to purchase for next day delivery, please visit:

www.alcropaints.co.uk or contact Tel: 01603 400777