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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 Winter 2011: Book review
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We were recently sent a book called "The Allotment Source Book" by Caroline Foley, to review. When I opened it I thought it was going to be a heavy on pictures and low on detail (although admittedly, they are good pictures). But as I read it, I did actually find some useful information which I had not come across before, like a section on allotment forestry. The Allotment Source Book. Price £20.00 ISBN 9781847736642 Hardback. The Allotment Source Book. Enter the discount code Hill. Offer valid until 31.
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Hill Rise Allotment Association Winter 2011: The Solanaceae Family
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Although potatoes and deadly nightshade both have alkaloids and many alkaloids are highly poisonous, all the Solanaceae don’t necessarily have the same alkaloids. Atropa belladonna. Deadly nightshade) is poisonous because of the alkaloid atropine which is a tropane alkaloid and although it is highly poisonous it is also a very useful drug. Many species in the solanaceae family have atropine and other tropane alkaloids in their stems and leaves including the ones that we cultivate for food. For a fuller e...
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Hill Rise Allotment Association Winter 2011: Guess the vegetable
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Can you guess which vegetable the following describes (the image isn’t meant to give you. To reveal the answer highlight the section between the asterisks here * CARROT. And then click here. To go to an unusual recipe using the mystery veg. This vegetables is…. Used by Mrs Beeton to make a mock apricot jam. Used as a cake ingredient in the present day. A principle ingredient in Mrs Beeton 'baked or boiled … pudding'. The subject of an online museum. Available in different colours! Couldn't give a fig?
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Hill Rise Allotment Association Winter 2011: Big bud disease of blackcurrants
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Big bud disease of blackcurrants. This is a good time of year to check over your Blackcurrant bushes for signs of the mites that carry a mycoplasma disease which causes reversion. Reversion disease seriously reduces yields of fruit. In early summer when the mites emerge from the buds they can be carried on the wind to new plants. If you are unsure whether you have big bud or not I am happy to check your bushes for you, just contact me via treasurer@hraa.org.uk. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Know of...
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Hill Rise Allotment Association Winter 2011: Future events
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Sun 06-Feb 14:00 - On site demonstration of how to prune your fruit trees. Update on the HRAA web site Sunday morning if weather looks inclement. Fri 11-Feb 19:30 - Corn Exchange, ‘An Introduction to the NSALG’ - Karen Kenny, NSALG Eastern England representative, will also answer questions relating to our allotments, allotment law and management. Huntingdon Garden and Leisure. Thu 24-Feb - The Gardens of Wimpole Hall - Phillip Waite. Thu 28-Apr - How to grow vegetables all year round - Nick Hamilton.
