Baldock Allotment & Leisure Gardeners Association
You may have heard, or maybe not, that the EU are debating the continued licensing of glyphosate weed killers. There are conflicting studies and arguments between various authorities about the safety of glyphosate based weed killers, the best known being Roundup by Monsanto. Monsanto developed Roundup in the 70’s and until 2000 had a patent. […]
The Potatoes Are In All systems are go. The BALGA Shop is open this coming Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 from 10:00 to 12:00 for sale of seed potatoes. Come early. Some varieties are in limited supply and popular choices disappear quickly. The full list is available here – 2016 Seed Potato Price List The […]
This should keep the dog walkers on their toes. An interesting addition to the meadow alongside the North Road allotment site – Longhorn cattle. From the picture from NHDC it would appear that these are special ‘safety’ cattle. Note that although they have long horns, as their name implies, the horns point downwards. BALGA are […]
….and the winner is….. North Road Mark Overton – best kept plot on North Road site (plot 6) and awarded £25 voucher to spend at the Allotment Shop. Runner-up Philip Bailey (plot 59A). Clothall Road Ina Siebold-Armitage – best kept plot on Clothall Road site (plot 16A) and awarded £25 voucher to spend at […]
BALGA AGM – St Mary’s Church Hall – Mon 11 Jan 2016 Another full AGM. This year it was brought forward a week because of the amount of work needed to prepare for the self-management go-live on 01 Apr. Lots of essential business was concluded. All the bits of bureucratic documents that NHDC insist upon […]
Chucking away some old stuff Had a bit of a clear out and a tidy up. Scrubbed down the old website and gave it a bit of new gloss. Fixed some stuff that was old and not working (the forum) and tidied away some old files into neat boxes. Probably will not be able to […]
This year Sunday 31 Jan is Compost Sunday. The Shop will be open between 10;00 and 12:00 to give you a chance to get compost for this year at bargain prices. Compost Sunday is the beginning of our gardening year, and makes sure we are ready to raise seedlings as soon as the weather improves. […]
Newsletter 10 – December 2016 See all the latest news here – Newsletter 10
AGM – St Mary’s Church Hall – 19:30 Don’t miss it and don’t be late !!! Agenda Chairman’s Letter
Remember that Sunday on 26 Jan 2014 the Shed will be open between 10;00 and 12:00 to give you early access to compost for this year. “Compost Sunday” is the beginning of our gardening year, and makes sure we are ready to raise seedlings as soon as the weather improves. So please help us to […]
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