Need manure or compost? Read on…
If you need manure or compost to prepare your plot for the next season, take a look at what our trading shop has to offer: bags of manure at only £5 (while stocks last) and 50L bags of compost at £9.50-10.50. You can find details of how to order on the shop page on our…
Are your fruit trees over 3 metres tall? Last chance for winter pruning of apple and pear trees
The end of the season for winter pruning fruit trees is fast approaching. The allotment rules state that “fruit trees need to be kept to a maximum height if 10ft/3 metres tall and root/shade (equivalent to branch spread) must fall within your plot boundary.” So If you have apple or pear trees on your plot…
Last working party of the year, this Sunday 19th February, 10am
Working parties play a vital part in keeping the allotment running. Clearing and covering abandoned plots, for example, means that they don’t go to seed and become a nuisance neighbours and difficult to relet. And there are always things around the site that need repair, plus managing the bonfire to dispose of non-compostable branches, brambles,…
Cripley Meadow Allotment Association 