Winter Crops Suitable for a Community Allotment

[Samurailord]

don't forget freecycle either I often see water butts, topsoil, pots etc on there

Lol - You wouldn't believe how much we have had from Freecycle!

Loads of cabbage, cauli, kale, tomato and sweetcorn plants, tons of garden tools, we even got in touch with the Incredilble Edible people at Todmorden and had a road trip up there to get half a dozen fruit trees and bushes from their 'farm' for our Community Allotment.

We are also pretty much self sufficient in plant pots of all sizes for the next two years at least!

I have scoured the local car boot sales at 6am each Sunday as well, getting spades, forks and rakes for around £1.50 each.

I have found that the stuff we need is out there if you are willing to make the effort to find it.

Andy

[mrgrower]

What car boot is that Andy? the only one I knew of was the one at the Lancaster club and the British Airospace car park both now gone.

Did'nt think about the poo dropping that is a prob but even getting the school to get the kids to put compostable waste in a seperate bin can all go to help as is getting the kids to bring in old newspapers for mulch.

Yhe by all means if you need a hand give us some notice and I will see what I can do you got my number have'nt you?

[zazen999]

Unfortunately the only place it can be dropped is the school carpark, and the school doesn't want it blocking, even for a short time, so our only other option is bagged muck.

Half term hols?

[alldigging]

Half term hols?

Depends on what's going on at school over half term...


Bagged would be better - we could do with a trailer though for going and fetching it.

[Samurailord]

What car boot is that Andy? the only one I knew of was the one at the Lancaster club and the British Airospace car park both now gone.

It's at the Ashton Rugby Union Club off Ashton Road just past the Horseshoe pub.

Andy

[Two_Sheds]

the only place it can be dropped is the school carpark

Of course, you don't HAVE to have farmyard manure. We don't use it

funding from the local council for things like compost bins

Are you collecting Morrisons vouchers? We get a lot of our 'hardware' from them
Let's Grow - Morrisons