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:

  • approve the year’s accounts
  • set the rent for 2024-25
  • elect a committee to run the site over the coming year
  • review our hosepipe policy

You will soon receive further details of the agenda and the procedures, so please keep an eye on your emails!

EWAA Committee

Shop Opening: Autumn 2024

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.

shop@ewaa.co.uk

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 a challenging year, with relentless rains in the spring producing acres of lush grass, and an explosion in the slug population! But now that the weather is with us, we hope that you are getting some nice produce from your plot.

We wanted to give you advance notice that there will be a plot inspection in September (precise date to be confirmed) at some point before the rent falls due at the end of the month. Here is a checklist of what do over the coming weeks in preparation for the inspection:

  • Make sure your plot number is clearly displayed on the edge nearest to the lane.
  • If you are uncertain about a path, or the boundary that separates you from your neighbour(s) is unclear, please talk to them to see if you can sort it out. If you are still unsure where the division lies let the Membership Secretary know.
  • Cut back invasive weeds and long grass.
  • Trees on plots should be no taller than 3 metres, and now is the time of year to prune stone fruit trees such as plums and cherries. Apple and pears should be pruned in the winter.
  • Cover any areas that you are unable to cultivate this season. You could sow green manures, or lay a breathable material such as woven plastic or hessian coffee sacks. NB – NO CARPET.

If you are struggling with any of these tasks please contact the Membership Secretary by email.

EWAA Committee

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 garlic and onion sets for planting in autumn, so if you are interested in seeing alliums on sale at the Shop please send a brief email to shop@ewaa.org.uk indicating which of these you would like to find there: garlic, yellow onions, red onions.

EWAA Shop Officer

There are two more shopping Sundays before the August closure

More supplies arrived this month, so you can stock up on what you need during July. The EWAA Shop does not open during August, so the next opportunity will be September 1st.

Coffee Sacks
If you’re looking for an alternative to woven plastic ground cover we have some hessian sacks from a local roaster.

Back in Stock
~ Blood, fish & bonemeal ~ Potato sacks ~ John Innes no.2 ~ Liquid seaweed ~ Twine ~ Canes

*new Trees Care
~ Winter tree wash ~ Tree grease ~ Grease bands ~ Trunk guards

Slugs Defences
~ Slug wool ~ Copper slug tape ~ Hog-safe pellets

Green Manures
Don’t forget them! They improve soil health and help to keep the weeds at bay. There are several types in stock that you can sow now.

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