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The Year of the Poppy 2014

We have been doing our bit to celebrate the centenary of the D-Day landings by growing poppies on the allotment (and I thought we were going into the opium trade - Ed). Jan and Julie took these amazing photographs as a permanent souvenir.
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Joe celebrates 54 years as a plotholder!

On Friday evening Joe Callanan and a few fellow plotholders held an impromptu party to celebrate the anniversary of Joe's becoming a plotholder. He was given his plot at 1 o'clock on 12th July 1959. The occasion was enjoyed by all with a few celebratory refreshments...
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First Impressions – a year with an allotment

The phone call came out of the blue. 'Dad, I have taken on an allotment, would you like to give me a hand?' 'Yes of course' I said, without stopping to think what this might involve. My experience of growing vegetables was confined to container grown Tumbling Tom...
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2012 A difficult year

2012 has proved the most difficult year in the allotment that any of us can remember. We lost our first - and sometimes second - sowings of carrots and other crops due to the cold and wet April and May. Perhaps this was inevitable as we had a hosepipe ban which...
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Simon’s honey

Simon’s honey

Sep 27, 2018 |

Simon's honey is a great success. You can get it at 1 Calbresi Deli Caffe, Coulsdon. If you haven't already tried it,...

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