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
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
The EWAA Shop stocks various items to help you prepare for the cold winter months:
SHOP OPENING
Sunday mornings 11-12 throughout September, October and November
Please add this date to your diary, and join the allotment work party in November to help with various clearance tasks across our large site.
More details will follow nearer the time.
EWAA Committee
There have been a couple of last minute cancellations for the scything course being run on Thursday (19th September) from 9am at Boundary Brook Nature Reserve.
If you would be interested in attending, please email info@ouwg.org.uk
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:
You will soon receive further details of the agenda and the procedures, so please keep an eye on your emails!
On sale from this Sunday, EWAA Shop, 11-12:
If one of the gate padlocks becomes stiff and difficult to open/close, please send a message to the committee. We use graphite powder to loosen the mechanism. Applying oil or DW40 to the padlock is not helpful because these cause problems with the locking action.
Thank you!
EWAA Committee
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.
Several members have reported overflowing tanks recently, so this is a reminder to keep your eye on the water level and turn taps off fully.
EWAA Committee