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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

Social Event - BBQ, cakes, drinks and the opportunity to meet others on Monday 4th May (Bank Holiday)

More details will follow soon, but for now please save the date.

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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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    JACK OF ALL TRADES

    Another good choice for Halloween, the medium sized fruits have a good skin colour and tasty flesh which also makes lovely pumpkin pie.

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    ONWARD

    A real old fashioned 'marrowfat', which has retained its great popularity through the years. Regarded by many as THE maincrop pea, the disease-resistant plants produce masses of blunt, dark green pods filled with large, tasty peas.

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    SNOW MARCH

    Snow March F1 is a medium late maturing variety ready for cutting about 180 days after planting out. It contains a large plant size with heavy dome shape heads weighing over 1kg. The deep green leaves give excellent frost protection to the curds.

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    OREGON SUGAR

    The standard tall growing mangetout pea, it gives high yields of slightly curved pods which are best picked just as the peas start to form. Sweet and utterly delicious.

Peas

Jobs for this Month - May

  1. Harden off and begin planting out indoor raised seedlings; protect susceptible plants from slugs and snails.

  2. Sow french beans, runner beans, carrots, cabbages, beetroots and salad crops outdoors - protected with cloches or fleece if frosts threaten.

  3. Plant any remaining seed potatoes and earth-up shoots of growing potatoe plants.

  4. Tie in peas to sticks or canes; pinch out tips of early broad beans to discourage aphids.