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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

Copies of our book ‘A Potted History’ all about the history of AWSLG are still on sale in the trading hut

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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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    BARCELONA

    The large, succulent heads of this premium quality iceberg lettuce have strong resistance to tipburn, green lettuce aphid and all known races of downy mildew. Its flavour is equally impressive!

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    MARMANDE

    (Semi-determinate) The fruits won't win prizes for beauty, but the flavour is what matters and Marmande has it in abundance. The fruits are large, early and contain few seeds. Outdoor variety.

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    RHUBARB

    The plant forms clusters of leaves tinged red with a deep red rib.The leaves can be gently cooked like Spinach and the ribs treated like Asparagus. Pick young stems and the plant will keep producing new growth. Ideal as a baby leaf and adds colour to salads, with its remarkable red petioles, mid-rib and veins.

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    RUCOLA

    A superb salad vegetable and a superior strain to the traditional type with leaves of a delicious rich spicy flavour.

Chitting

Jobs for this Month - February

  1. Complete the winter digging of your plot introducing well-rotted manure or compost where needed.

  2. Buy seed potatoes and chit them in a bright, warm (frost free) spot keeping the eyes upwards.

  3. Buy and plant out onion sets, shallots and garlic.