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Useful articles written by our members with helpful hints. Check back here regularly as we'll be adding new articles each month. We would welcome any contributors too!

Jobs for May

May is the ‘It’s now or never!’ month on the allotment, with the foot hard down on the accelerator. It has been another dry spring, and...

Jobs for April

OVERVIEW April is the ‘Let’s go for it!’ month on the allotment; but proceed with caution. We are feeling the benefit of the lengthening...

Jobs for March

The sun’s out for longer, the ground is warming up, but don’t be fooled by these warmer days, the risk of frost is still high, and nights...

Jobs for February

Getting prepared for Spring With the longer days in February, make the most of any sunny opportunities to get a head start on the growing...

Tips for new plot holders

Where can I get plug plants? Garden centres stock veg plug plants - though their supplies may be running down at this stage in the...

New to Churchfields Allotments?

Our resident expert, Diane Ewart, offers some tips to new WAHGA members just starting out as to how they might make a success of their...

How to Improve your Soil – A beginner’s guide to soil additives

Every year, we take away the crops to feed ourselves and with them the nutrients that have gone into producing them. You don’t get...

All you need to know about mulch

By WAHGA plot-holder, Diane Ewart Mulch is simply a protective layer on the soil and can be organic or inorganic. Organic Anything that...

Jobs for January

January is probably the coldest period of the winter and coming on top of the heavy rains of just before Christmas it is well worth...

Jobs for December

If you planted up a load of roots and brassicas in June/July then they should be ready to harvest this month. Celeriac, sprouts, leeks...

Jobs for November

These jobs are mainly the same as October's, and should be done before the hard frosts. Fruit Before the soil is too hard, plant...

Jobs for October

Asparagus and Jerusalem artichokes: as the foliage turns yellow, cut the stems to just above the ground. (New asparagus beds can be...

Jobs for September

“September is a time of ripening peppers, squashes, marrows and pumpkins. All of these will need to make full use of the sun to ripen...