I have just finished planting next year's garlic crop. I use a variety called Picardy Wight because it is well suited to Cariff's climate. It may seem odd to plant the cloves in December but the young plants are very hardy and withstand snow and frost. Five bulbs gave me 75 cloves which was just enough for the bed in the photo above.

The 11 fruit trees planted at the end of March have all survived and are thriving. Seven were planted on the left just inside the inner gate and the others are on the plot just to the right of were the main roadway crosses the ditch in the middle of the site.

Work has started to install our new toilet. The kit is being supplied by a company called NatSol and the contractor is Landcraft.

Weather permitting, the work should be complete in a few days time and we will let you know when its ready to use, if you can wait that long!

Keeping all of our allotment holders informed and up to date is difficult. We have this Facebook group, but not everyone uses it. We have the website, but not everyone looks at it. We have the notice boards, but the information has to be brief, and not everyone looks at them. In other words, a lot of our plot holders don't know whats going on!​

To get around this problem the site committee is going to start sending out occasional newsletters, starting with the new site handbook in a few weeks time. 

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