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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

Saturday 10th October, Wildlife Field Tidy Up, meeting at 9.30am by the field near the Hall

Saturday 14th November, Artisan Fair in the Hall

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    Forms

    The new place to find all our current forms

  • Allotment plot

    Renting a Plot

    Looking to rent an allotment plot? Look here for more information

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    Trading Hut

    The trading hut is open to our plot holders and green finger members


Growing Guides

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    AMBASSADOR

    High-yielding over a long season. Dark green fruit with crisp white flesh. Recommended for deep freezing. Maturing time approximately 12 weeks from sowing.

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    PATTY PAN GREEN TINT

    These attractively scalloped fruits can be eaten raw when young or left to grow larger for cooking. Highly ornamental and equally delicious!

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    ELEPHANT

    Not a true member of the garlic family but closer to a leek, these bulbs have a fresh, mild and sweet flavour. Each bulb is approximately 10-15cm across. Elephant garlic is best planted in the autumn for maximum size.

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    MAZUR

    This lettuce is a loose leaf (non-hearting), green ?frisee? type with crisp, sweet and well textured leaves. It is a very attractive variety with an excellent shelf life once harvested and good resistance to tipburn and the downy mildew races.

Leaves

Jobs for this Month - November

  1. Rake up fallen leaves and add to the compost bin or separate leaf bin.

  2. Plant spring flowering bulbs - tulips, daffodils, crocus, etc...

  3. Plant new fruit trees and bushes whilst in their dormant state.

  4. Propogate fruit bushes by taking hardwood cuttings.