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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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    MAMMOTH

    An orange-skinned pumpkin with yellow flesh, which gardeners have grown to a weight of over 50kg. Recommended for exhibition. This variety has been trialled, tested and recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany.

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    SPRING HERO

    The first and only ballhead spring cabbage, Spring Hero F1 is more than just a novelty. The large, heavy heads, which stand in good condition for weeks, are ideal for large households.

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    DELINEL

    This is an outstanding variety for both crop yield and flavour producing beans about 6 inches long. Delinel is a dwarf French bean that crops continuously over a long period.

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    SUNGOLD

    (Indeterminate) A vigorous-growing, sweet-flavoured tomato, providing an abundance of orange, cherry-sized fruit. Can be grown in the greenhouse or outdoors.

Green manure

Jobs for this Month - October

  1. Clear away the remains of all plants that have finished cropping.

  2. Sow over-wintering green manures.

  3. Plant garlic and sow hardy broad beans under cloches for cropping next year.

  4. Install new water butts to collect rain over winter.