The show this year will be on Saturday 6th September, at the site hut, at the bottom of Highfield Road, Levenshulme.

In addition to the usual classes of the competition, we have a brand new photography competition and we are taking requests for changes to the classes next year.

The show is open to the general public from 2.30pm, with a bring-your-grub barbeque, face painting and badge making from 3pm and the usual auction of produce from 5pm. Everyone is welcome!

All this warm humid air has given everything a massive boost in growth and the difference in all the plants is huge. The other effect is ,of course,BLIGHT all my potatoes have been affected and are cut down to ground level.

Having said that, the onset was a lot slower than last year and a month to six weeks later, so lets hope the potatoes are that much better. Peas and beans love this warm humid air and are starting to produce on a daily basis.

In fact looking round the plot there aren’t any of the crops that haven’t started producing for me. This is the month when it is a case of water, pick and weed with little time left over to do any other work.

There are other jobs that need doing and have to be squeezed in. Regular sowing of salad crops, in particular, with the spring crops as well.

JOBS FOR THE WEEK

1. Water
2. Pick
3. Weed

CROPS PICKED THIS WEEK

1. Lettuce
2. Cucumber
3. Spring onions
4. Tomatoes
5. Potatoes
6. Cabbage
7. Broccoli
8. Courgettes
9. Radish
10. Peas
11. Beans, climbing and dwarf
12. Carrots

June 28 2008

I have been informed today by the Potato Councils Blight Watch control that the weather in the last 4 days as been ideal for potato blight to take effect. Watch your potatoes and tomatoes carefully. You can spray for blight with Dithane 945 ever fortnight but this must be done before the potatoes are effected. If they become infected make sure the potatoes are well covered then cut the leaves down to ground level. This will stop the blight getting to the potatoes.

If you want to go on the Potato Councils blight alert log on to www.blightwatch.co.uk enrol and they will send you warnings automatically.

Doug Allen Cheetham & Crumpsall

Well it seems that vandalism takes place on elsewhere than allotment sites. Thanks to a number of these people it has been impossible to work the site for some time. The vandals  got into the codes which make the site work and fiddled with them so that the site would not function. I hope that they enjoyed themselves.

The good news is that it is now fixed and can be used again, so i will have to get into gear and start writing and taking photos again. I hope to get started this week with a summary of work done since the last my plot and back to normal next week.

I hope to continue with my plot and to do a monthly item on the Alderman Hill Cup winners plot , he has won it twice in a row so there must be something to be learned. I also hope to do a regular item for new plot holders, pointing them in the right direction.

WELCOME TO THE MEETING.

As you are aware I am not with you yet, but I am on my way. This is to show you how the web site can be for all sorts of different uses.

Hope you enjoy the demonstration and the site, if any of you want to contribute to the site see me after the meeting

Martin