** This event has been rescheduled due to rain last Saturday – see new date below ** I have arranged for the Shepherd and Flock allotment holders to meet our resident beekeeper Debbie Greenhill on Sunday 24th July at 1pm. Debbie will open up the hive and talk to us about bees and how we can [...]
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The town council has agreed to supply the water pipe and connectors etc so we can run a water line down the middle of the allotment site to add a new tap in the middle of the site. We will need to dig a shallow trench and install. John Ely has offered to oversee the [...]
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Hi everyone, Just a quick reminder about the manure left by the gate at the Shepherd and Flock site. The delivery of the manure was kindly organised by Jo Aylwin and given free of charge by a local farmer in return for donations to the Bishops Meadow Trust. If you used some of the manure [...]
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Hi everyone The Town Council is now considering bee keeping on some allotment sites. We have an allotment holder who is both experienced and willing to care for the bees and as such the site has been suggested as a possible home for bees. It will be up to the plot holders to decide whether [...]
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*** Double Update *** John and Pete on 9a kindly finished the road section on Saturday and they’ve done a great job – thanks! Only the opposite boundary and probably the gate left to secure now. Dave *** Update *** Hi everyone Just a quick update to let you know that Kevin’s team have dropped [...]
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I devised this soup this afternoon following a food gathering trip to my Shepherd and Flock allotment in Farnham. All of the vegetables came from my plot and this represents a successful attempt at devising something creative from the plot.
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This is more of a personal post than something that may necessarily interest casual passers-by, although I am sure it will be of some interest to any other local allotment holder who is maybe looking for a recommendation as to what variety of vegetable may grow well in their soil and situation. I have approached [...]
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It has been mentioned on several occasions now about the deer ravaging the veg on the shepherd and flock roundabout…
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I managed to pick up an old potato dibber at the Tilford Show last year. I think it has some age and estimate that it may date back to the time of the first world war.
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Meet the Shepherd and Flock Beekeeper
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