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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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    HONEY BEAR

    We feel this may be the best tasting acorn squash you can grow. The 10cm (4in) fruits are just right as individual portions. They have a delightfully sweet flavour and are produced on compact, powdery mildew-resistant plants. Children will enjoy this variety.

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    CHANTENAY RED CORED

    Recommended for producing baby chantenay carrots, approx 50mm/2in long - wonderful raw in salads or lightly boiled or steamed. Left, they will mature to produce 130-150mm long roots. The carrot has wide shoulders, is conical in shape with a stump end.

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    CHIARINO

    Known as finocchio in Italy, where it is widely used in many recipes (try it braised in milk or cream), this fast-growing strain yields large, tight, white 'bulbs' with the aniseed flavour which is the hallmark of Florence fennel. The foliage is delightful added to salads.

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    AILSA CRAIG

    (Indeterminate) A popular cordon variety that is reliable, with medium-sized fruits of fine shape and flavour. Ideal for greenhouse and outdoor growing.

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.