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Hill Rise Allotment Association Autumn 2010: Welcome to the Autumn 2010 newsletter

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Welcome to the Autumn 2010 newsletter. Our first full year as an allotment association has ended, topped off with our AGM on the 19th October. Thanks to everyone who turned up on a wet cold evening, it was much appreciated. But above all the show should be fun and I think I can honestly say it was one of the more enjoyable things we have done this year, certainly in terms of organising it. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Diary of a Produce Show. I'll name that bug in? Top 10 tucker training tips.

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Hill Rise Allotment Association Winter 2011: Storm the first prize with successful scones

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Storm the first prize with successful scones. In this year’s produce show on 3. September we’ve got a new class, and that’s a set recipe for scones. Now, why have a set recipe and why pick scones? A set recipe means everyone who enters has used exactly the same ingredients. You might imagine this would result in identical looking entries, but it rarely happens. A set recipe really tests the baking skills of the cook and so it is a technical challenge. The second question of ‘why scones? Over the next wee...

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Hill Rise Allotment Association Autumn 2010: Can you name the bug?

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Can you name the bug? Here are some insects commonly seen around allotments… if you look carefully enough. Can you name them? To see the answer highlight the section between the asterisks. If you see this you’ll think you’ve found something rare and exotic, and twenty years or more ago you’d have been right, but with warming climates this spectacular creature is becoming more common in southern England, emigrating in spring and autumn to and from southern Europe. Large and hairy, this insect is generally...

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Hill Rise Allotment Association Summer 2010: Questionnaire on what you want

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Questionnaire on what you want. We’re happy to receive electronic versions by email ( info@hraa.org.uk. Or hard copies through the door (to Richard at 3 Swan Close, St Ives). This will also serve the purpose of showing to people offering awards, like the lottery, that we do know what members want. Please return your questionnaire by Mon 16-Aug. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Money saving tips :o). How much money has your HRAA card saved you so far this year? Got spare seeds or excess crops to swap?

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Hill Rise Allotment Association Summer 2010: Would you like improved facilities?

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Would you like improved facilities? Many allotment associations have communal huts. These can be used for committee meetings, as a base to sell seeds and compost for the benefits of members, a lock-up for valuable items such as rotavators, and a focal point for social events like BBQs. So, they can be a huge asset to members and really build a feeling of a community on the allotment site. To do this we need to…. Consider whether we want toilets and if so, do we need planning permission. The HRAA committe...

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Hill Rise Allotment Association Summer 2010: Survey results

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You may remember there were a couple of surveys run in the Spring newsletter. The results are shown below. On the right you’ll see the survey for this newsletter is how much money you think you’ve saved with your HRAA membership card. Most discounts are probably obtained by members when they’re shopping at Huntingdon Garden and Leisure. So how much do you think you’ve saved this year so far? Do you have an idea for a survey for the Winter issue of the newsletter? Why not add a comment about it? Of those ...