AGM 2024 and Rent 2024-2025

AGM 2024

The EWAA Annual General Meeting 13th October 2024 was attended by 28 plotholders. Thanks to all those who turned up, and those who have joined or remained on the committee. Full draft minutes are now available on the website. Please email the committee if you have any questions or comments: contact@ewaa.org.uk

Rent 2024-2025

On 21st October the EWAA Treasurer sent an email to each plot-holder, from email address ewaa.treasurer@gmail.com. The message contained instructions for paying the rent online to the allotment bank account. If you did not receive an email, please check your mailbox SPAM folder.

A 20% rent increase was approved at the AGM 2024, and the charges for 2024-2025 are set at:

  • 10 poles (full sized plot) – £48.00
  • 5 poles (half plot) – £24.00
  • 3.3 poles (third of a plot) – £16.00
  • 2.5 poles (quarter plot) – £12.00

If you have a query about rent, please contact Jon, our Treasurer, on the email address: ewaa.treasurer@gmail.com

DEADLINE: noon Sunday 6th October!

REMINDER: your offer to volunteer for the EWAA Committee and become either a member or an officer at the upcoming AGM (12:00, Sunday 13th Oct) must reach the Contact mailbox by mid-day this Sunday, so please email your details as soon as possible, use the online form, or leave a letter in the EWAA Post Box on the Shop Gate.

For clarification of any details email the adress above.

With thanks for your support!

EWAA Committee

Please share your excess produce

Do you have a glut of one crop or another? If so, rather than leaving your apples, tomatoes, etc. to rot, please offer them to your neighbours. Many plotholder have a limited amount of space to work with and would really appreciate what you can’t eat or store yourself.

Sharing
The Committee will leave some plastic trays and crates on the grassy Social Area which is half way along the Middle Lane so that we can all leave our surplus there. If anyone has an old table or bench that they would be happy to donate, could they leave it on the Social Area so that we can raise the fruit and veg off the ground?

Recipes
If you’ve run out of idea for preparing apples one of our members has two suggestions to pass on – try making Apple Chutney or Apple Cider Vinegar. You can find the instructions on this page.

Juice
To have your apples and pears professionally juiced you could coordinate with other fruit growers to take your harvest to Oxford Farmhouse, which is about six miles away.

Your suggestions
If you join the informal Facebook page “East Ward Allotmenteers Oxford” you can share more tips and ideas.

EWAA Committee

Protecting your crops over winter

The EWAA Shop stocks various items to help you prepare for the cold winter months:

  • Thick fleece to protect plants from the cold
  • Thick woven shade netting that lets in light but also acts as a windbreak
  • Pegs/staples to secure covering materials
  • Compost for mulching and improving the soil
  • Winter wash for fruit trees
  • Polytunnel repair tape
  • Twine
  • Woven ground cover

SHOP OPENING
Sunday mornings 11-12 throughout September, October and November

Advance notice: AGM 2024

The 2024 EWAA Annual General Meeting will take place on Sunday 13th October at 12 noon in the allotment shop. Please add this important date to your diary!
At the meeting we will:

  • approve the year’s accounts
  • set the rent for 2024-25
  • elect a committee to run the site over the coming year
  • review our hosepipe policy

You will soon receive further details of the agenda and the procedures, so please keep an eye on your emails!

EWAA Committee

Shop Opening: Autumn 2024

The EWAA Shop will be open on Sunday mornings between 11:00 and 12:00 from September until the end of November.

Improve your soil health
We have stock of compost for mulching, and also green manures that you sow now and leave in the ground over winter.

Peas & Broad Beans
We sell winter hardy varieties for sowing in the autumn, which give you an early crop next year.

Fruit Trees
Autumn is a key time for tackling pest. We sell tree grease, grease bands, and winter wash.

Seed Offer
Come and look through our selection of end-of-season vegetable and flower seeds sourced from a local supplier – they are extremely good value.

shop@ewaa.co.uk

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