Site-Wide Activity

claref wrote a new post, Children’s Allotment workday and meet up 2 days ago

Lots going on this weekend, Barracks Lane Garden’s family activity day on Saturday (see below) and on Sunday our neighbours at the Children’s Allotment (behind our shop) have an event:

All Welcome at the […]
claref wrote a new post, Family activity day at Barracks Lane Community Garden 2 days, 1 hour ago
claref wrote a new post, Plant swap this Sunday! 5 days, 10 hours ago

Don’t forget the swap this Sunday, 11 -12. Please bring seeds, seedlings and plants to swap and share, and meet your fellow plotholders.

The shop will also be open and will have tomato, pepper and […]
Jon – Shop Officer wrote a new post, Cucumber, Tomato, Pepper and Aubergine seedlings for sale at allotment shop 1 week, 3 days ago

The following seedlings from Cutteslowe Nursery will be for sale at the allotment shop this Sunday 12th May at £1.50 each:

Cucumber – Passandra

Tomatoes – Ailsa Craig, Gigantomo, Moneymaker, Shirley, Sweet […]
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claref wrote a new post, Seedling swap 2 weeks, 2 days ago

It’s that time again – you somehow have 8 courgette seedlings but none of your leeks came up! Rest assured, someone else has too many leeks, and their friend is in dire need of courgettes – bring what you […]
claref wrote a new post, Mysterious Morels 1 month ago

Have you seen anything weird growing on your plot lately? A plotholder on the top road (Howard St side) has recently discovered morels on her allotment and we are wondering if anyone else has them. They may have […]
claref wrote a new post, Taps and trenches 1 month ago

At long last we have our new taps, many thanks to all those involved in organising this and to the council for getting the work done. The tanks are not all in place yet, please don’t flood the sites before we get […]
claref wrote a new post, Summer social 1 month ago

Dear all

Thank you very much those who have offered to help with the event on 8th June. I would like to hold a planning meeting on the evening of 1st May at 7.30 at my house, 120 Reliance Way OX4 2FQ. […]
claref wrote a new post, Slow worms 1 month ago

As it warms up we can expect the slow worms to start emerging from the nature reserve. You may find them in your compost heap, under any black plastic mulch, or basking anywhere warm. Remember, they are NOT […]
claref wrote a new post, More on ticks, Lyme disease and deer 1 month, 1 week ago

Hi all,

Some extra info re last weeks post on Lyme disease:

The plotholder concerned is up and about and doing ok with the help of antibiotics – our best wishes to her.To transmit Lyme disease, ticks have […]
claref wrote a new post, Lyme Disease – please be aware 1 month, 2 weeks ago

A plotholder has recently been diagnosed with Lyme disease, a potentially serious illness, which they are believed to have picked up from a tick bite, on the allotment site. Lyme is transmitted by ticks, small […]
claref wrote a new post, Fruit sale 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Many thanks to Andy Howard for a highly informative and practical talk on summer pruning on Saturday. If you are winter pruning for growth, you should be summer pruning to manage it for fruiting!

If you missed […]
claref wrote a new post, Flytipping 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Dear All, you may have noticed the pile of rubbish by the shop. Some of this was dumped, presumably by plotholders, in the Children’s Allotment’s large white skip. As the pay by the kilo for waste disposal, they […]
claref wrote a new post, EWAA shop open 10-12 2 months ago

Don’t forget, the shop is open 10-12 through March and April so you can buy your seed potatoes as well as many other Allotment Essentials!
claref wrote a new post, Oxford Urban Wildlife Group 2 months ago

Many of you will have noticed the enormous amount of work that has been done over the winter in Boundary Brook Nature Reserve. The EWAA management committee have been delighted to see things finally happening, […]
claref wrote a new post, Fruit tree sale info 2 months, 2 weeks ago

See here: https://ewaa.org.uk/heritage-fruit-stocklist-col-6_3_19a/

This excel spreadsheet from the Heritage Fruit Co contains a list of their current stock, pages Row 1 and Row 8 being apparently the most […]
claref wrote a new post, Events – fruit sale, summer party 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Andy Howard of the Heritage Fruit Company will be with us on the morning of 30th March selling his fantastic fruit trees and bushes, and talking on fruit management. Watch this space for further details and a […]
claref wrote a new post, Skips 2 months, 2 weeks ago

The big white skip in the Children’s Allotment area behind our shop was paid for by that group and is for their use only. Please don’t dump rubbish in it. If you are responsible for the items already left in it […]
Jon – Shop Officer wrote a new post, Seed Potatoes now in stock 3 months ago

Varieties for sale:

Duke of York (First Early)

Colleen (First Early Blight Resistant)

Nadine (Second Early)

Charlotte (Salad)

International Kidney (Salad)

Cara (Main Blight Resistant)

Desiree […]
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