East Ward Allotment Association

Invitation to all EWAA members 2022

Sunday 25^th September

AGM

12-2 at the shop

Agenda:

Vote for new Committee; proposal for rent increase and update about lease

Autumn Work Party

10‑12 and 2-4

Volunteers needed to…

… cut back brambles and vegetation, clear communal paths and car parks, pick litter. Please meet at the shop and bring gloves and any useful tools e.g. gloves secateurs, loppers, rakes and wheelbarrows.

Ready, Steady …Go!

Saturday 15^th October

Plot Inspection

Please follow cultivation guidelines so your plot is ready for the inspection

Saturday 29^th October

Rent Day

Payment of rent for people unable to make online payment: 10 at the shop

The slow worms are back! A team of ecologists are going to carry out a survey of the number of slow worms on our site. If you see mats like these, please don’t move them – they are part of the survey. We have tried to locate the mats where they were last year so hopefully there are no surprises, however they are not marked “slow worms” as they were last time. Thanks for your help with this.

NOTE – Slow worms look like baby snakes, but are actually legless lizards and cannot hurt you! They do eat slugs among other things, so are the gardeners friend.

Everything is very dry and crispy at the moment, and this evening’s sprinkling of rain, though welcome, won’t do much to change that. Any fire started now has far too high a risk of spreading across the site, over or under ground. Therefore please do not light any fires or barbecues on site until further notice.

Thank you,

EWAA Committee

The skip is now full. 

Please do NOT bring any more rubbish other than metal. Metal ONLY can be left in the marked area for collection.

Massive THANK YOU to everyone who helped manage the skip  especially our chief ‘skipper’ (you know who you are!)

Wild bees and other insects will pollinate your crops, but they need pollen and nectar to keep them going until your plants start flowering, and afterwards until the queens go into hibernation in the autumn, You can find a list of some flowering plants and shrubs that are useful to bee, compiled by one of our members here.  The important thing to remember is that double flowers and other highly bred garden varieties are unlikely to be good for wildlife because they either have no pollen or nectar or it is too difficult to get at. Many wild flowers could be added to the list from your own observations as to what you see bees feeding on. Dandelions are especially rich in bee food so do let them flower before you dig them up.

If you’d like to do more, the Wildlife Trusts have lots of useful information about wildlife friendly gardening at www.wildlifetrusts.org/gardening.

A skip for the disposal of bulky rubbish is outside the shop for the use of all EWAA plotholders. It is for large items which are difficult to dispose of. Space is limited, so please try to take rubbish home, especially soft plastics which can be recycled in the blue bins as part of domestic waste collection.
Please bring any of the following rubbish for disposal and put it next to the skip in the designated area:
– glass and perspex – treated wood ( painted or varnished)- hard plastic – metal 
The skip is expensive and for that reason, volunteers are packing the skip to maximize space. 
Please DO NOT BRING:- Organic waste ( grass clippings/ leaves/ wood). This should ideally be composed on plots.-soft plastic e.g plastic bags – paint- rubbish from outside the allotment
Thanks for your cooperation!