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LongcroftAllotmentAssociation
  • Home
  • Our Locations
  • Join the Waiting List
  • What to do now
  • News and Events
  • Growing Tips
  • Greener Fingers
  • Crops...
  • ...and Cooking Them
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LATEST Newsletter

 

40. August 2025 Newsletter: Summer Barbecue, Kings Seed Scheme, Growing and cooking winter squash (pdf)Download

MOST RECENT NewsletterS

 

39. June 2025 Newsletter: Annual General Meeting, Hazel coppicing, New compost heaps, Lemon potatoes (pdf)Download
38. March 2025 Newsletter: Preparing seedbeds, Dead hedge, Broccoli and anchovies recipe (pdf)Download

OTHER 'RECENT' NewsletterS

 

37. December 2024 - News, Growing currants from cuttings, climate change, Italian greens recipe (pdf)Download
36. September 2024 - News update, Rainwater at Broadwater, sloe and courgette recipes (pdf)Download
35. June 2024 Newsletter: AGM update Slow worms, Water resilience, Fruit and date slice recipe. (pdf)Download
34. April 2024 Newsletter: Growing Squash, Greater success from seeds, Silver leaf... (pdf)Download
33. February 2024 Newsletter - Assets of Community Value, Perennial kale, Water conservation (pdf)Download
32. October 2023 Newsletter - Asian hornets, Frankenstein crops, Borlotti bean stew recipe (pdf)Download
31. August 2023 Newsletter - BBQ date, fighting weeds, allium leaf miner, blackberry cheesecake (pdf)Download
30. June 2023 Newsletter - summary of AGM, growing with less water, macerated strawberries (pdf)Download
29. April 2023 Newsletter - AGM, Dealing with weeds, rhubarb crumble muffins, allotment poem (pdf)Download
28. February 2023 Newsletter - work parties, woodchip, crops that benefit from frost (pdf)Download
27. October 2022 Newsletter - latest seed catalogue, choosing seeds, growing from seed (pdf)Download
26. August 2022 Newsletter - a school visit, fertilisers from our shop, growing beetroot (pdf)Download
25. June 2022 Newsletter - Hugelkultur, edible flowers, gardening and happiness (pdf)Download
24. April 2022 Newsletter - preparing seed beds, aftermath o fteh storms, Epsom salts (pdf)Download
23. February 2022 Newsletter - the hungry gap, improving the soil, comparing allotment productivity (pdf)Download

Less Recent Newsletters

22. December 2021 Newsletter - allotment ponds, bean and squash trenches, winter-hardy crops (pdf)Download
21. Oct 2021 Newsletter - help from the Committee, winter digging, leaf mould, rats (pdf)Download
20. Aug 2021 Newsletter - summer growing tips, slugs, making good use of space on the plot (pdf)Download
19. June 2021 Newsletter - summer berries, reduced-peat compost, National Allotment Society, allot (pdf)Download
18. April 2021 Newsletter - chitting sweetcorn, retaining moisture, preparing seed beds, worms (pdf)Download
17. February 2021 Newsletter - looking back on 2020, things to do out of season, protecting against (pdf)Download
16, December 2020 Newsletter - growing apples, leaf mould, pickles and chutney (pdf)Download
15. July 2020 Newsletter - peas, protection from the sun, digging for victory (pdf)Download
14. May 2020 Newsletter - coronavirus/lockdown, gardening and health, the economics of allotments (pdf)Download
13. April 2020 Newsletter - spring hoeing, encouraging insects, chard (pdf)Download
12. February 2020 Newsletter - mulch, cavolo nero (black kale) overwintering plants, chitting potato (pdf)Download
11. November 2019 Newsletter - winter digging and why children hate Brussels sprouts (pdf)Download
10. September 2019 Newsletter - the Kings Seed Catalog, drying fruit, when to take on a plot (pdf)Download
9. July 2019 Newsletter - encouraging pollinators, coping with age, leaf salad crops (pdf)Download
8. April 2019 Newsletter - plant diversity, keeping hens, growing squash (pdf)Download

Older Newsletters

7. January 2019 Newsletter - forcing rhubarb, re-shaping your plot, growing in pots (pdf)Download
6a. August 2018 Newsletter -preserving crops, allotment jokes, protecting fruit (printer friendly) (pdf)Download
6. August 2018 Newsletter -preserving crops, allotment jokes, protecting growing fruit (pdf)Download
5a. Summer 2018 Newsletter - the National Allotment Society, broad beans ( printer friendly) (pdf)Download
5. Summer 2018 Newsletter - the National Allotment Society, broad beans, summer pests (pdf)Download
4a. Spring 2018 Newsletter - allotment inspections, asparagus, root crops (printer friendly) (pdf)Download
4. Spring 2018 Newsletter - allotment inspections, asparagus, root crops (pdf)Download
3a. Winter 2017 Newsletter - crop rotation, enriching the soil, winter digging (printer friendly) (pdf)Download
3. Winter 2017 Newsletter - crop rotation, enriching the soil, winter digging (pdf)Download
2. September 2017 Newsletter - green manures, bees, garlic scape and bulbils (pdf)Download
1. July 2017 Newsletter - Mexican Marigolds v Bindweed, "drought-busting", excess produce (pdf)Download

From the archive

May 2017 Newsletter - organic and inorganic fertilsers, summer pests, weed control, growing brassica (pdf)Download
March 2017 Newsletter - controlling slugs, the "no-dig" method, growing from seed (pdf)Download
November 2016 Newsletter - growing garlic, companion crops, the secret of sprouts (pdf)Download
September 2016 Newsletter - toilet at broadwater, organic gardening, lifting potatoes (pdf)Download
July 2016 Newsletter - organic gardening, root depths (pdf)Download
March 2016 Newsletter - growing large potatoes, crop rotation (pdf)Download
August 2015 Newsletter - rainwater harvesting, coffee grounds (pdf)Download
May 2015 Newsletter - growing tomatoes, history of allotments, local manure (pdf)Download
June 2013 Newsletter - housekeeping, plot sizes (pdf)Download
September 2012 Newsletter - rainwater harvesting (pdf)Download
November 2011 Newsletter - storing produce, winter digging and other jobs, pruning apple trees (pdf)Download
Autumn 1977 Newsletter (JPG)Download
Our Second Newsletter from October 1974 (JPG)Download
Our First Ever Newsletter - extract only (JPG)Download

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