! BE ALERT
HERBICIDE CONTAMINATION OF MANURE IS STILL AFFECTING GARDENS AND ALLOTMENTS IN 2009
CLICK HERE for the pages on the website that I have devoted to this problem
Welcome to our plot at
Green Lane Allotments
I hope that you enjoy your visit to my site and come back often to see how things are progressing! If you find any links that no longer work or any mistakes then please email me.
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Use the orange arrows on the right to move through the photos - you may need to click twice! There will be a short pause before the next photo appears but if the orange arrow turns into two vertical lines then the slide show is active. Click the double arrows to move back and forth through the photos one at a time.
This years photographs will have a more personal and focus on our plot. To view site photos visit and of the 2008 diary pages. There are photographs of the whole site from January through to December.
The above photos were taken on 22 June 2009. This month has definitely been the month of the strawberry. We have picked punnet loads at each visit to the plot. We have eaten and drunk strawberries almost every day. The plot is just about planted up to the seams now and harvesting has also begun in earnest. As well as an abundance of strawberries we have harvested lots of redcurrants - much to the blackbirds disgust! Hoping for a good July.
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Click here to access our monthly diary pages |
To view photographs from previous months use the links above to visit our monthly diary.
To view last year's diary with photographs of the whole of the Green Lane allotment site just click here and use the links at the top of the page. Just click on the month that you wish to view. The tour of the site is at the bottom of the page.
Interested in school gardening projects? Then visit this site which aims to support schools that deliver or wish to deliver school gardening projects. It includes ideas for integrating gardening inro other areas of the curriculm and also offers resources and links to other useful websites.
Being gardeners we all look forward to next season and hope for better things to come! Time to dig out the catalogues - don't forget to use our links and shopping pages
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Click on the logo to check them out! |
With over 55 years experience as a garden mail order company and a new vibrant web site, Spalding is at once a very traditional and reliable company and modern, forward looking company with exciting new ideas. Their expert knowledge in getting top quality flower bulbs, roses, perennials, seeds, and other garden related products direct to your door has made them the market leader in the United Kingdom. |
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Click here to read about our campaign to acquire a new secure fence. |
Green Lane Allotments site is a council run site with approximately 60 plots. Some plot holders keep chickens and pigeons whilst others use their plots to grow vegetables, flowers, fruit and herbs etc. We don't ask for much in the way of resources and are fortunate in that we do have a good water supply, however the fence surrounding our site is a dilapidated wooden structure that is only half standing and we desperately need it replacing. We feel that a secure fence and gates are the basic amenities that every allotment plot should enjoy, but unfortunately the council has no funding to enable the fence to be replaced or repaired. |
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So why are allotments important
We want photos of your plots and gardens We have visitors from all over the world as you can see from our map below. It would be really great to know something about visitors to our site. Please post a message in the visitors comments telling us a little about yourself e.g. Where do you live? Do you have an allotment or garden? What do you grow? Any tips or even questions? Any comments about the site and blog and how we can make it better are also welcome. Don’t just visit us let us know that you are out there. Don't be shy! I have added a link specially for photos sent in by our visitors. Odette one of our regular visitors from France has already done this – click here to view her garden . Mick in Chatham has also sent us some photos and information about his garden and allotment plot - click here to view. Come on do what they did and join us. Or send us a photo of a weird looking vegetable that you have grown click here to view but be warned one photo is definitely X rated!
Where did last year's visitors come from?
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For a wide range of garden sundries such as organic gardening supplies,fruit and vegetable cages, fleece, garden netting, garden tools, greenhouse equipment and much more. |
Specialising in biological control of pests and crop protection such as fleece and enviromesh. We use environmesh on many of our crops to prevent carrot fly etc. It lasts for several years. |
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Dobies have been supplying flower and vegetable seeds direct to gardeners since 1880.
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Last year's visitors
Last years Clustrmap has been archived. If you are interested in knowing where last years visitors came from then click here |
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Current ClustrMap |
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We have even more visitors, from even more areas of the world, to our blog. Click on the link on the right to access our blog. Don't just visit make comments on the postings. Join the discussions or banter! |
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Or if you prefer email us by using the link on the left. |
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