After going to visit my brother who lives in the savory end of Aldershot, close to all the multi cultured shops near the station, I picked up a Kohlrabi in the hopes that I’d be able to think of something to do with it – and if successful, I will try to grow some next [...]
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For those of you who have not read the minutes of the last Liaison Group meeting held this September, please view the attached file. Remember if you have anything that you feel needs to be discussed or brought up in the meeting please speak to your site representative. If you are unsure of your representative, [...]
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If you decide to plant asparagus now, you will need to choose first-year crowns which are tolerant to cold weather. They should also, ideally, delay their spear production to early in spring, thereby avoiding damage from frosts, which occur later and later.
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This year, the courgettes were in their element, taking over everything. Every week without fail another ten courgettes would be sitting there waiting to be picked. We had so many in fact that several turned into marrows!
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At the last liaison group meeting we discussed the state of some of the allotments. On all sites we have some that are not very well looked after. Be warned, we are now introducing a get tough policy, if you are not looking after your allotment we will be acting very quickly to get someone [...]
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If you only do one thing in the garden this month, you should drop a fistful of garlic cloves into the soil. Not only is it a kitchen mainstay for any self-respecting chef, it practically takes care of itself on the veg patch too. It has no special feeding requirements and only very rarely do [...]
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Welcome to Farnham allotments. This website has been built by members of the Farnham (in Surrey, UK) allotments liaison group. It is designed as a collaborative tool for fellow allotment holders in Farnham to use and share their knowledge, passion and experiences on caring for an allotment in Farnham. You need to register in order [...]
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Things to do with excess vegetables – make some gin!
This has been the first year on our new plot and indeed the first experience I’ve had of growing vegetables on this scale and it has already become apparent that in some instances you simply can’t get avoid having a glut of a specific crop. In the summer of 2007 for us it was courgettes, [...]
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