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 snakes, nor
More on ticks, Lyme disease and deer
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 to
Lyme Disease – please be aware
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 blood-sucking creatures which also feed
Fruit sale
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 the event but
Flytipping
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 are understandably
EWAA shop open 10-12
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!
Oxford Urban Wildlife Group
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, and would like to express
Fruit tree sale info
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 relevant to us. Please let Andy Howard know on johoward@metro.net what you
Events – fruit sale, summer party
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 stock list for
Skips
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