As tomorrow is the last Sunday in March the Shop will still be open for two hours between 10 and 12 – don’t forget that the clocks go forward tonight!
Sales at the start of the season were brisk and various item ran out, but fresh supplies arrived this week:
NB – supplies of seed potatoes won’t be replenished!
EWAA Shop Officer
Please show consideration for your fellow plotholders and for the neighbouring residents while on site. In particular, be aware of:
NOISE — music, radio, phone calls, power tools, mowers, dogs, children, or any other loud and persistent noise.
One person’s choice of music may not be someone else’s – please consider wearing headphones.
BOUNDARIES —don’t leave tools, weeds, clippings, etc. on boundaries or extend over them with constructions or compost heaps.
Access should always be maintained along the boundaries.
The mains water supply to the tanks has been turned back on. If anyone has time to clean out any silt sitting in their nearest water tank, that would be greatly appreciated. You can use silt to improve the soil on your plot.
MOWING: There is a small but dwindling group of volunteers who mow the grass lanes and communal areas across the allotment site, so we’re looking for another person to help out, on the Shop Lane in particular. If you feel comfortable using petrol machines and would be happy to lend a hand, it would be great to hear from you!
MOWERS: The EWAA has some petrol machines for doing this work, but we are short of someone who could check them regularly, and take them to Horspath and back when they need servicing. If you know your way round a mower, could that be you?
For an informal chat and to find out more please send a message using the General Enquiry option on the form at Contact Us.
EWAA Committee
For the safety and comfort of everyone, dogs must be kept on leads at all times while on site. Please remember to clean up after your dog and take any waste home with you.
The EWAA is not stocking onion sets this spring because there has been so much wastage in the last couple of years. But you can find them in several local shops, for example:
EWAA Shop Officer
The weather is slowly improving and many members are waiting to deliver bulky items to their plots, so vehicles are again allowed on site. However, the ground is still soft and the grass lanes are easily damaged. The Shop Lane has become particularly narrow, with eroded edges and hazardous drops down onto the plots. So please note the following dos and don’ts, and show consideration to your fellow plotholders.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
EWAA Committee
The ground is waterlogged at the moment so the weight of vehicles damages our grass lanes, and makes driving on the site unsafe. Thankfully, a dry spell of weather has been forecast for the coming weeks. We will let you know as soon as the surface is stable enough enough, so please look out for a further update.
In the meantime:
Thank you for your understanding!
EWAA Committee
The allotment shop reopens on Sunday 23rd February, 10:00-12:00. Fresh stock, including seed potatoes, will be available. If you have any questions, contact the shop here.
Potato stock for 2025:
The shop opens on Sunday mornings as follows:
Our neighbours at the Oxford Urban Wildlife Group (OUWG), who manage the Boundary Brook Nature Reserve, generously provide EWAA allotment members with a supply of peasticks each spring, in the form of hazel branches coppiced in the autumn.
This year’s supply is now available at the communal social/play area (midde lane). Please help yourself!
REMINDER: Do not forage/remove anything from the nature reserve itself.
You can read more about Boundary Brook Nature Reserve on this page.
