Allotment society shops

[Nicos]

Just to remind the newbies...( and the oldies....)...

Many of the larger allotment sites have a shop which sells compost/pots/seeds/spuds/onions/netting/canes/fertilisers etc at a vastly reduced price compared to B&Q and garden centres.
They tend to open for a couple of hours on a weekend day- or more often depending on demand and volunteer staff.

You don't need to have an allotment to become a member and it will cost about £1 to join. After that, everything is a bargain!

Not sure when our local site shop opens but it's usually about now.

When are/have other peoples opened??

[magicbean]

Nicos
Thats brilliant - as a newbie I had no idea there was such a thing - I dont have an allotment but there is one very near in the village - is there a web site to look up allotment societies ? or maybe I will just pop round when I next take the dog out.

Would rather put money in the locals pocket than B & Q anyday !

[Nicos]

I'll leave the googling up to LJ - as she's best at it!!!

If you pop into your local lottie and chat to the chaps and chapesses working there, they'll tell you where they go. ( give this site a plug too whilst you're there!!! )

Now here's a chap who looks like he's off to the lottie shop.....

[magicbean]

wilco

ps that chappie looks like he's eaten the lottie shop!

[NOG]

Ours is open all year at the weekends and wednesday afternoon in the summer.

And unlike the garden canter you can have 1/2lb to 1/2ton (or the foriegn equilivent) of blood fish and bone. or what ever you want.

[Sue]

Our allotment shop has run out of compost... there are lots of chemicals, some netting ... and that's about it. It's never open either so when it did have compost you could never get it. The trouble is there is a garden centre just down the road and that must take their business away.
But when you can get in, it does smell lovely...
Sue

[denise]

Ours opens on Sunday mornings 10-00 12-00, or if you cant get there then you can ring the secretary to arrange a time - i guess.