Skip for allotment rubbish

We will have a skip onsite next week for the disposal of allotment rubbish. Loading of the skip will be controlled, so please put rubbish in the correct piles next to the skip:

  • wood
  • metal
  • non-recyclable plastic, old carpets, and other non-hazardous materials
  • useful items, such as plant pots etc.

Please take recyclable plastic and cardboard home with you and put in your blue bin. Organic waste (grass clippings, leaves, etc.) should ideally be composted on plots.

Please take asbestos, unidentifiable or hazardous chemicals, gas canisters, paint, varnish, building materials (e.g. bricks), and soil to the recycling centre.

If you have any questions, or need help transporting rubbish from your plot to the skip, get in touch with the committee via our contact form.

REMINDER: Plant swap – this Sunday, 11th May 10:30am

Do you have a glut of one kind of plant but a gap in another patch? Come to the plant swap!

Date: Sunday 11th May

Time: 10:30-12:00

Place: Social Area on the Middle Lane

This is a great way to meet other plot-holders, so come along for a chat even if your beds are already full. And do bring your excess plants to share even if you aren’t looking for a swap.

Plant swap – Sunday 11th May 10:30am

Do you have a glut of one kind of plant but a gap in another patch? Come to the plant swap!

Date: Sunday 11th May

Time: 10:30-12:00

Place: Social Area on the Middle Lane

This is a great way to meet other plot-holders, so come along for a chat even if your beds are already full. And do bring your excess plants to share even if you aren’t looking for a swap.

Shop open Easter Sunday

The EWAA shop is open this weekend, Easter Sunday 11:00-12:00.

It’s time to get your spuds in, and the ground might be a bit softer now after the rain. We still have some seed potatoes left, ready-sprouted and keen to be planted:

  • First earlies: Swift, Duke of York, Caledonian Pearl
  • Second earlies: Wilja
  • Maincrop: Marvel

There is a wide variety of seeds for both vegetables and flowers, and plenty of compost to sow them into.

The shop has a lot besides – soil improvement, pest control, crop protection, ground cover, canes, and all sorts of bits and pieces. See a full list here.

See you on Sunday! And every Sunday until August, 11:00-12:00.

New stock has arrived!

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:

  • Fish, Blood, and Bone Meal
  • John Innes seed compost
  • Big Tom tomato growbags
  • 8ft canes
  • Moth traps for plum trees or for apples trees

NB – supplies of seed potatoes won’t be replenished!

EWAA Shop Officer

Reminder: sharing our allotment space

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.

Water supply turned back on

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.

  • Please take care to turn the taps off firmly, and never leave the tap running unless you are nearby. The water on site is metered, so when tanks overflow it costs the Association money.
  • Never wash tools or produce in the tanks because this spreads disease. Use a bucket of water instead.
  • Please consider harvesting and storing water on your own plot, e.g. in a water butt, to help keep the Association’s water bill down.

Mowing & Mowers

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

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