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Smitham Allotments take the prizes
Another successful year for Smitham Allotments! Newcomers Aneko and Colin won two cups at the Coulsdon and District Horticultural Autumn Show including one for the best selection of six types of vegetables beating Ann and Eddie into second and third places. Eddie...
New resident
Jan and Julie have discovered a new resident among the raised beds....
Open Day 2011
Our Open Day was held on Sunday 3rd July. The weather was glorious and although the turnout was disappointing those who did go had a good time. Members enjoyed relaxing sitting in the newly landscaped grounds while visitors walked round the plots. Visitors included...
Better beetroot
Our secretary, Mary, has just lifted the most beautifully formed lush beetroot I've ever seen! Certain prizewinners were it not for the fact that they were immediately transformed into Borscht for Sunday lunch. Ah well. Did you know that fat round beetroot are a...
Onions or trees?
'What are you doing in amongst those trees?' asked Eddie, our Chairman. I was in the onion patch harvesting the shallots. The shallots are magnificent, but he was referring to the onions which are much bigger, leafier and earlier than last year when we had a very dry...
New building taking shape …
The storage shed toilet facilities have now been completed and the water and drains connected. The landscaping has also been carried out and the building equipped. The new locks have also been fitted and keys have been made available to members. The secretary will...
Smitham Show 2010
On 21 September Smitham Primary School held their first horticultural show in conjunction with Smitham Allotments Society. It was a great success and the pupils were delighted to be able to show their parents some of the vegetables they had been growing since early in...
Frank Jordan
We were saddened to lose one of our most respected members, Frank Jordan, when he passed away suddenly in the spring. Frank was a hard-working and ever-present plotholder and his own plot was productive and well-maintained. But so much more than that; so many of us...
Preparing the ground
From October 2008 to the early summer of 2009 Thames Water took over most of the site to install a 3metre square pipe to prevent sewage overflow in times of heavy rain. Although the work has been completed and we are (almost) back to normal we have lost more than just...