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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

Knit and Natter Friday 10th April, 2-4 pm in the social 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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    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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    ICEBURG 2

    Produces large, solid, crunchy heads which are the base of all good salads. Iceburg 2 has large slightly open hearts with crisp leaves tinged red on the edge. Sow spring and early summer.

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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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    SPAGNA BIANCO

    Widely grown around the Mediterranean, where it is often made into soup. Before they mature into large white beans, they can be eaten fresh as green beans. A most versatile variety.

Seedlings

Jobs for this Month - April

  1. Earth up first early potatoes and plant out second early and main crop potatoes

  2. Sow french beans and runner beans indoors in 3” pots.

  3. Transplant seedlings of leeks, onions and early summer cabbages and protect with cloches.

  4. Sow Swiss chard, beetroot, autumn cabbages, celeriac, peas, radishes, early lettuce, turnips and swedes direct outside.