garden1.jpg
Jesse Collings Room Opening - April 2022
Veg Course Graduation
Beginners' Veg Course Graduation - October 2023
bbq.jpg
Join us for BBQs and other social events
pound-lane.jpg
Fresh air, exercise, healthy produce and good company
apples.jpg
Enjoy home-grown flowers, fruit and vegetables
previous arrow
next arrow
John Singleton
Each plot is a little over 25 sq m and is made up of several beds. I have allocated enough space for the start of the season and will do the rest later, depending on people's needs. Numbers and Names...
DSC_0584.jpg
DSC_0555b.jpg
DSC_0548a.jpg
DSC_0549.jpg
DSC_0567.jpg
DSC_0571.jpg
DSC_0589a.jpg
DSC_0592a.jpg
previous arrow
next arrow
back-weeds-2000.jpg
August 2019: Overgrown plot - view from back
front-weeds-2000.jpg
August 2019: Overgrown plot - view from front
front-strimmed-2000.jpg
August 2019: after strimming: debris left on the surface
front-plastic-2000.jpg
August 2019: after strimming: covered in plastic
weeds-1-2000.jpg
November 2019: weeds, particularly grass, weakened due to lack of light
weeds-2-2000.jpg
November 2019: weeds, particularly grass, weakened due to lack of light
muck-2000.jpg
November 2019: muck from Bruce added to 1.2m wide beds; 0.6m wide paths left bare with woodchip added later. Recovered with plastic.
beds-finished.jpg
February 2021: the plot was not used in 2020 because of Covid so it had an extra year covered in plastic
Hoeing
Spring 2021 - working the new plot.
jan1-1200x600.jpg
Spring 2021: first crops. The 10 rod plot has had two loads of muck each year: one load per year for a half-plot would be ideal, particularly if plot compost can be added.
previous arrow
next arrow
PlayPause
You might be lucky to be given a plot in good condition - like your plots on the Veg Course - but you are more likely to be faced with an overgrown weedy plot as most summer-vacated plots are due to t...