The Hatfield Peverel Allotment Association has been around for over a hundred years, below is an article written by David Goodey and makes good reading!
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July 1st 2017 Starting 11.30am Old SiteThanks to all those who attended, this years competition was a great success and one of the highest turns outs I have seen, so thanks to all those that came and supported the hard work of the HPAA commitee, in particular, Julia East and Margret Hastings, Julie Ruzbridge who put in so much hard work with the lovely food, Drew Price & Simon Read for their great efforts tidying up the sites and general helpfulness on the day, The Scouts and Guides for their help laying on Coffee and Teas and agaib for all those that supported the event particularly for Carlie Mayes for her Bees and Honey display and last but no means least Gerald Vale from the National Vegetable Society for his great job as judge and talk afterwards. Thank you all
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5 Year Crop Rotation PlanThere are many plans for crop rotation, but the most reliable is the 5 year plan as ity seperates the main vegetable categories and gives a longer-term solution
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The Hatfield Peverel Allotment Association has been around for over a hundred years, below is an article written by David Goodey and makes good reading!
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Problems Growing Oca
Blight:
- The good news is that Blight does not effect Oca in any way so if you plant a crop of these and your potatoes fail at least you will have a crop of tubers!
- In fact not much seems to effect them.
Just keep them watered in dry weather and weed free and once they are established they really look after themselves.
Slugs:
- Slugs are about the only problem you will have as they do like to have a munch on a tuber!
Small or no tuber growth:
- Not enough water in the goring season, the more top growth you get the bigger the tuber count will be.
- Digging them up to early, tubers swell absorbing the top growth that is dying off. Wait till all top growth is dead then give it at least two weeks. I just dig one plant up at a time as I want to use them so have a long lasting supply right past Christmas and well into the New Year!
- Space! One of the most common reasons why poor tuber development occurs is not enough space is given between plant, allow 90-100cm betwen plants and rows.
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Aubergine Parmigiana
Aubergine Parmigiana
This simple aubergine parmigiana recipe from Italy makes a cosy mid-week meal. Serve this cheese, tomato and aubergine bake as a vegetarian main dish, with some wholewheat garlic bread or a peppery rocket salad, or you can also make it as a hearty side for for a meat dish.!
One-Pot Roast Pork Chops with Fennel & Potatoes
One-Pot Roast Pork Chops with Fennel & Potatoes
Super easy and super tasty dish!
Classic Rhubarb Crumble
Classic Rhubarb Crumble
Growing up this was my favourite dessert & seeing as only my dad and I liked it I always had a massive portion!
Category: The Growing Season
Jobs to do in April
Spring should be here but watch out for frosts!
Sow seed outdoors
Vegetable growing really takes off this month. Chit and plant out second early potatoes in the first half of the month, maincrop potatoes in the second half. It's also time to sow seed outdoors in well-prepared soil.
Jobs to do in October
October is the month when it feels like the season is about to turn, the days start to shorten and the sun appears lower in the sky, the leaves change colour and fall to the ground and temperatures drop. The first frost are likely too, which will be the end of many of your crops out in the open so if you still haven’t harvested frost sensitive crops now is the time before Jack Frost gets them!
Jobs to do in September
September marks a change in the seasons, you'll be harvesting the last of your summer crops if you haven't already done so, crops like tomatoes, beans, peppers, sweetcorn will be finishing, but on the other hand the first of the Autumn crops will be nearing ready or may be ready like Apples, Pears, Main Crop Potatoes, Winter Squashes to name but a few!
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