This week’s community allotment news

This week sees the last of our informative Gardening Sessions on Saturday 20th May at 10am. Many thanks to Matt for taking the time to help local residents learn about growing and caring for their own food crops and how to make the most of the allotment. This final week’s course will cover:
1. Plant Families and crop rotation
2. Plant Care and support structures
3. Weeding, watering and Feeding
4. course review and evaluation.
Even if you don’t want to be part of the course, you’re very welcome to come along and help on the allotment from 10am this Saturday or Sunday. Remember, those who contribute time get a share of the lovely fresh, local, organic produce!

4th week of allotment training

Just a reminder that tomorrow, 12th May, is the 4th of our training sessions on Moss Side Community Allotment. This week’s session will focus on:

- garden creatures (good and not-so-good)
- pests and diseases
- growing and harvesting
- quick filler crops
- storing crops, and
- what to do with glutton crops

All welcome.

Moss Side community allotment news

The third session in our allotment training programme starts at 10am this Saturday and will cover: identifying seeds, sowing, pricking out seedlings, potting them on, and direct sowing. It doesn’t matter if you’ve missed other sessions – all are welcome. The volunteer work group on the allotment will also be busy on Sunday morning if you just want to help out – don’t forget, all volunteers are entitled to enjoy fresh, organic, local fruit and veg from the plot.

Allotment training continued

This Saturday will see the second allotment training session at Moss Side Community Allotment. Following on from the success of last week’s relaxed, informative lesson, this week will cover tools and their uses, soil types and fertilisers, soil testing, preparing seed beds, composting, green manures and dealing with weeds.

Allotment training sessions at Moss Side community allotment

A specialist in allotment management and growing will be at Moss Side Community Allotment (Caythorpe Street/Bowes Street) this Saturday (21st April) to offer training in how to get the best out of your plot. There will be a series of 2-hour sessions during the day, starting at 10am. All are welcome. For more information, email Phil on phdodd@hotmail.co.uk.

Update on Moss Side Community Allotment

Thanks to all those who have already contributed to work days at the Community Allotment. So far, the raised beds have been built and almost filled. Five fruit trees, two fruit bushes, five rows of early potatoes and various herbs have been planted.
Next weekend (14th and 15th April), four tonnes of topsoil will be delivered. The raised beds and planters will be finished and prepared for planting, the area for the second potato crop will be dug over and lots of new crops (including salads, courgettes and more fruit) will go in.
That means there is lots of work to do, so all are welcome. If you want to get involved and receive info on when work sessions take place, please email Phil on phdodd@hotmail.co.uk. Don’t forget, only those who contribute get to benefit from the amazing fresh produce which will be coming from the allotment (indeed, it’s already started – the first spring rhubarb was picked today!).

And here is a gallery of photos to show what we’ve been up to so far, as well as some nice new blooms starting to make the Triangle look beautiful for the spring!

Moss Side Community Allotment: get involved!