All members are encouraged to help at the EWAA Work Party on Saturday 9th November, 12:00-14:00. We will be clearing brush and tidying up around the site. Please meet up with Tony outside the shop at 12 noon. Bring thick
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
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
Work Party: November 9th 12.00-14.00
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
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: You will soon receive further details of the
Gate Padlocks – please DO NOT oil
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
WATER CONSERVATION
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
Looking ahead
Firstly, please please remember to turn off the tap whenever you have finished filling any of the water troughs. Some of you have commented recently on the number of overgrown or untended plots on the site — it has been
Allotment shopping & allium sets
APOLOGIES for the mis-information! There is still one more weekend to go in July so the EWAA Shop will be open for an hour this coming Sunday between 11 and 12. ALLIUMS: now is the time for us to order
Sunshine at last!
Now that the weather is urging us to be out on our plots, please take time to familiarise yourself with the rules and etiquette around fires. Try to compost as much organic material as possible, and consider those around you.