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Latest Allotment Site News  archived allotment news12th March 2010. The last outstanding item of the autumn and winter projects was finished yesterday. This was the completion of the pruning of the tree between plots 36 and 37. 1st March 2010. A small number of plot holders have not paid their 2010 rent which is now overdue. Brian King has relinquished his role as site representative with effect from today (the start of the new allotment year). In lieu of a replacement, all site-related tasks will once again be the sole responsiblility of the Parish Council. 18th February 2010. Fran Moore, a plot holder for 25 years, has given up her tenancy. After a recent operation for the removal of a kidney stone, and although she is gradually getting her strength back, she is unfortunately not allowed to eat many of the crops that she used to grow. Fran was a model plot holder who will be greatly missed. 12th February 2010. The Parish Council offices will be closed during the week commencing 1st March 2010, and it will not therefore be possible for plot holders to go there and pay their rent in person during that week. The water was turned on briefly last week to check if there had been any damage to pipes, taps and fittings during the bad weather. Everything seemed ok and the water was turned off again and the taps drained. The water will be turned on for the growing season on Monday 22nd March, 2010. 15th January 2010. The Parish Council is currently sending out its annual letters to all plot holders. It requests payment of the 2010 rent (which is the same as the 2009 figure) by 1st March 2010 at the latest. A copy of the new tenancy agreement is enclosed; it contains a number of minor changes, and all plot holders must sign a copy of this revised agreement by 15th March, 2010. Finally, the Parish Council has set Wednesday 5th May, 2010 as the date for the annual plot assessments. 29th December 2009. Good news for plot holders. Following successful negotiations between the Royal Borough and Surrey County Council, residents in Sunninghill, Sunningdale and Ascot can now once again use Surrey 's civic amenity site in Swift Lane, Bagshot - instead of making the longer trip to the borough's own CA site at Stafferton Way in Maidenhead. Please note that proof of SL5 residency will be required. 17th December 2009. Plot holder Ron Ogle has recently passed away. 28th November 2009. The final set of planned autumn jobs have been completed: filling in potholes, the gulley between the car park and the main path cleared, various items of pruning and weeding in the car park area and in the bed outside the gate, plus the replacement of the broken drainage inspection cover between plots 31a and 32. In addition, a small tree which fell onto the deer fence during the recent high winds has been removed and trees pruned for two plot holders. 5th November 2009. The second tranche of autumn jobs, the emptying and cleaning of all the water tanks on the site, has been completed. 22nd October 2009. The initial tranche of autumn jobs were completed this week. The tasks comprised: pruning the beech hedge along the eastern boundary; opening out the copse area by removing several hollies and performing some additional pruning; and cutting back any encroaching foliage adjacent to the ditch along the full length of the southern boundary. 19th October 2009. The Parish Council discussed allotment rents for 2010 at its October meeting last Tuesday. It was decided that rents will remain unchanged in 2010. The minutes of the October meeting will be available on the Parish Council website after the November meeting. 13th October 2009. Ron Earley, who has not been well this year, has given up his plots. His main plot (38) which is aproximately 9 poles will be split into two allotments. 8th October 2009. Aminopyralid update. It has been announced this week that, as expected, Dow Agrosciences has been given approval to re-introduce two of its herbicide products (Forefont and Pharaoh) which contain aminopyraliid, a substance which leaves pesticide residues in manure, leading to distorted growth. The full announcement can be found here. I have informed Broomhall Farm - where a number of plot holders get their manure - of this news. Note that no problems have been experienced with manure from Broomhall Farm. It is understood that they have not used aminopyralid-based products in the past and I have asked the farmer to let us know if this situation ever changes - hopefully it will not and we will be able to continue to buy his good quality manure. 21st September 2009. Guided Allotment Tours. As part of the Sunningdale Festival short guided tours of the allotments took place on Saturday September 19th, 2009. It included a brief history of allotments in Sunningdale, details of local growing conditions and a look at selected plots. Year 5 of Holy Trinity school also had tours on the previous Wednesday with the accent on showing them what can be grown on an allotment. |
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