Highcliffe Community Allotments Association
Working together to protect and improve our allotments

News

Dates for your Diary

Sunday 12 September - Allotment social at Ken's plot from 12.00

 

Please bring a contribution of food, a plate and a glass.

Children, partners, interested friends are very welcome, as are plotholders who are not yet members of HCAA.

 

See you there!

 

Vandalism

In the past there have been spates of incidents of vandalism on the Highcliffe plots. If you witness or are victim of any vandalism, please report the incident to the police. They will take it seriously, however small the incident. See the Home page for police telephone numbers.

 

Photos for the website

If you have any recent digital photos of your plot or produce you have grown, please send them to info@ctbworks.co.uk for inclusion on the website.

 

Japanese knotweed alert

The dreaded Japanese knotweed is present on our site.

 

There is a chance it may make its way onto your plot. Please go to the Japanese Knotweed Alliance site for pictures of knotweed and information on how to eradicate it.

 

Other useful sites on this topic are

Thurlow Countryside Management

 

Links with Ecclesall Infant School

In a recent letter, Paul Cross, Deputy Headteacher, wrote about the school's plans to develop an allotment area and build links with local allotment associations.  If anybody is interested in taking this further, please contact Ken: kengab@bowood12.freeserve.co.uk.

 

Appeal for seedlings If anybody has any extra plants or seedlings they would like to donate to this project, please contact Dot Rodman at dotrodman@yahoo.co.uk

 

Site survey

In October of 2007 Dave Chapman conducted a survey of the cultivation state of our plots. This was a follow up to a survey conducted in 2005.

 

Download results of the Oct 2007 site survey