Dear Members Following the latest COVID-19 guidelines and lack of stock, we are closing the Association Shop until further notice. We will put a notice up on the shop door and TPM gates and add it to the Osney &
Thoughts of a Virtual Seed Swap
Problems finding seeds this Spring – Thoughts of a Virtual Seed Swap We have heard from several members that they have had difficulty in obtaining vegetable seeds this season – with many firms quoting long lead times for delivery or
Thanks Everybody!
As a Committee we thought we would like to thank all of our members for their cooperation under these difficult circumstances. Reports suggest that Twenty Pound Meadow is quietly busy with folks all keeping carefully apart. Children are staying close
NAS Coronavirus Emergency Measures
UPDATE: Having just read through the Government advice on the lockdown criteria we believe that both our sites can remain open to provide members with the opportunity for exercise. However, the following would seem to be the conditions under which
AGM 2020 – Postponed
Your Committee have considered the Government advice concerning the evolving situation with the COVID 19 coronavirus outbreak and have reluctantly agreed that we need to postpone the AGM for this year. We were due to hold it on Thursday 30th
Allotment access during pandemic conditions
As of today (Friday 20th March) we do not believe that the Government intends to restrict members of the public from accessing outside spaces – including allotments. We encourage all of our members to respect the ‘social distancing’ advice from
Allotment shop arrangements
We are reviewing arrangements regarding if and how the shop may operate for the duration of the outbreak. These may include: opening for shorter hours, limiting the numbers being served and asking people to distance themselves inside the shop, conducting
Update on Twenty Pound Meadow security fencing
The security fencing on the northern boundary of TPM is nearly complete. We needed to do this after several incidents of people coming through from Tumbling Bay, and after several years of patching and watching for holes appear in the
Wild Edges
Ally’s latest blog begins: With a month to go before the Spring Equinox on the Celtic calendar and with so much flood water covering much of the allotment site over the last few months, my attention has been taken to
Flooding on the Allotments
Thanks to Peter Feenan for these shots of Twenty Pound Meadow this week. At the time of writing the river levels have dropped several centimetres overnight and although next week is set to be rainy there’s nothing more than a