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
Glyphosate and Our Allotments
Position Paper from the Committee: Glyphosate and Our Allotments: The presentation on the use of glyphosate on our allotments at the pre-AGM session in April 2019 asked two main questions: Do we continue to sell it in the shop or
2020 Pennard’s Potato Fair
Sunday 5th January saw this year’s Potato Fair take place – again at WOCA. It was incredibly busy all the time from 10 until 12.30. We reckon that there even more people attended than last year – we will be
Allotment Shop Refurbishment
Our Allotment Shop team have been hard at work, with the help of some talented volunteers, to refurb the shop interior – making it much easier to move around and store and find stock. Many thanks also to several local
Crop rotation and Companion Planting Guides
Two guides from SowSeeds that may be of interest to members: Crop rotation is the process of growing vegetables in their respective families and moving the families around a plot in a specific sequence so they are not grown on
Twenty Pound Meadow Security Fencing
Thanks to our local Councillors Susanna Pressel and Colin Cooke who stumped up the cash we have been able to take this project forward. The Northern boundary of Twenty Pound Meadow has never had proper security fencing like the rest
Water Harvesting spreads
The Association’s experience with solar powered water harvesting is spreading. Nick and Phil have shown off the equipment at Botley Meadow to more than six other allotment associations. The latest association, Spragglesea Mead & Dean’s Ham (off Abingdon Road) have