News
2024
We hope you have a good growing season in 2024.
There are plenty of things happening again this year - 2 Shows, Pruning workshop, Grafting workshop, Cooking demonstration, Gardening talk, BBQ, Garden visit, Harlow Carr visit, Open Day, Juicing, Bonfire.
If you have any suggestions please contact us.
We are always looking for help with maintenance and running the DC and all other aspects of our society.
You don't need a plot to be a member, we have many non members who pay only £5 a year.
Spring Show
Spring Show is Saturday 20th April 2024.
Open to the public at 3pm. There will be produce and spring flowers and bulbs on display, also homecraft. Also teas, coffee and homemade cakes in our wonderful café. There will also be a top notch raffle, with some top notch prizes. Entry only £1.50 (children free).
For our members - please put in as many entries as possible. The more entries the better the show. Don't be shy, it is a friendly show.
Please see the link for the full show schedule:
Weather Station
Neely from Department of Observational Atmospheric Science at Leeds University has installed a weather station onsite. This is to help with studies into the climate.
The information from the station is available here:
The temperature, wind speed and direction, rainfall and much more are available to see.
Neely is also one of our esteemed plotholders
AGM 2023 see minutes here
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Allium Leaf Miner
Allium leaf miner
Check your onions... and leeks... and garlic. It seems like most of our site is affected by Allium Leaf Miner which affects all plants in the onion family and is a serious problem.
The growth of the plants is stunted and distorted and plants may die or be unsuitable for harvesting.
We have heard similar stories from other allotment sites in Leeds and it seems it is something we are going to have to live with.
It seems the only practical prevention is growing under insect proof mesh. The peak activity is March - June and September - November.
Remove affected plants and do not compost.
See RHS information for more information.
Volunteers
The allotments are run by the committee who are all volunteers. We also have other volunteers who help on a regular or ad hoc basis.
We are always on the look out for new volunteers especially to help out at the DC shop on a Sunday morning 10.30 - 12.30. Without volunteers the shop cannot run and we are short at the moment. Please get in touch.
Plot number sign
It is the responsibility of plotholders to have a prominent identifying plot number on their land. This is partly to aid the letting secretary identify plots accurately. We have a large site which has quite a complex numbering system. If any plots are unidentified the committee will be going round painting a number on sheds/water butts/bins or anything we can find.
Inspections
We have a new letting secretary Gary Watt who has kindly taken up the post. His email is lettingsecretary@gmail.com
If you are having difficulties or illness problems or anything else it would be helpful if you let him know.
Please note we have a long waiting list of keen gardeners ready to get a plot, so if you feel your circumstances have changed and you no longer want your plot or want to give some of it up please contact him. Also we have a duty to the council, our landlords, to keep plots weeded, cultivated and in good order. We are keen to keep the site in good condition and keep it for allotments and not any other developments.
Members details
We have been trying to update some of our documents. If you have changed address, email or telephone number recently please let the secretary know caagaallotments@gmail.com
DC open
The DC is now open for business. Usual hours: Sunday 10.30 - 12.30 and Wednesday 2.00 - 3.00pm. (or 3.30pm in Spring/Summer)