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Tuesday 12 January 2010: Chiltern Railways Evergreen3 project.
See the separate email sent to members about this. This link is to a web page which contains what little information we have about the plans Chiltern Railways are proposing as an alternative to our existing level crossing access to the allotments.
Saturday 14 November 2009: Harvest Supper at St Margaret's Institute.
This year's Allotment Harvest Supper is at 7pm on Saturday 14 November at St Margaret's Institute.
As well as the traditional "bring your own" food and wine as your contribution to the extensive buffet, we will provide a welcome drink and various entertainments. These include the results of the 2009 allotment photograph competition. (entries by the end of October), a gardening quiz, a "best pumpkin" competition (bring your own)and a special awards ceremony.
Please let Gillian and Stuart Skyte know if you'd like to come (£5 per person on the door) and whether you will bring a main course or a dessert (or both!). Places are limited so book early. Call 559618 or e-mail skytes@tiscali.co.uk.
24 May 2009: The annual Trapground Plant Sale will take place at St Margaret's Institute on Sunday 24 May from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The sale generally raises about £600, so is a major source of income for us. Please start putting aside any spare plants to sell on the day.
31 March 2009: Annual General Meeting at St Margaret's Institute at 8.00pm. Do try to come. There will be lots to discuss and you can meet our new treasurer, Bob Crabtree and pay him your fees!
6 March 2009: the Spring 2009 Newsletter is out! Download it now.
Saturday 13 December: Network Rail have advised us that work to improve the crossing will be taking place. Dates are not yet known.
The work will require the decking to be taken up, which will make crossing with wheelbarrows (and bicycles?) impossible. Network Rail have agreed with the Council that our use of the crossing will continue. They have also said that they will have look-outs to assist our use, but when and where these will be present is also left open.
Saturday 8 November 2008: a new page with links about possible sources of contamination has been placed on the website.
Click on the photo to see all the entries in the 2008 competition.
Saturday 25 October 2008: the winners have been announced of the 2008 allotment photograph competition. Click on the link to view the winning entries.
Saturday 25 October 2008: Harvest Supper at St Margaret's Institute.
5 July 2008: the annual summer picnic will be a BBQ this year - on Saturday 5 July from 6pm to 10:30pm.
Sunday 25th May 2008: 2008 Annual Bring and Buy Sale
Tuesday 6th May 2008.
The Committee has agreed new policy on sheds and other structures on the site in the light of the proliferation of sheds and so on, in recent times. Read the full revised policy by clicking here for the Word document or here for the pdf version.
Volunteers are needed from time to time to tackle various tasks on the allotment site. Watch this space for news about the next one. Your help is greatly appreciated.
18 March 2008: the 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Trap Ground Allotment Association (TGAA) was held on Tuesday 18 March at 7.45pm at St Margaret's Institute in Polstead Road. Watch out for the minutes to find out what was agreed.
5 March 2008: we are reminded about an article written by a Trap Ground allotment holder, Simon Carr, which appeared in The Independent on 3 November 2007. Simon is a regular columnist for The Independent. Read what he wrote about his experiences on the Trap Ground allotments by clicking the link above.
5 February 2008: the Spring 2008 Newsletter is out! Download it now.
5 February 2008: the Kings seed potatoes have arrived, and can be collected from the Trading Sheed from Sat. Seed potatoes, Onion sets and other seeds are also available for purchase from Sat. 9th Feb. See the Trap Trading page of the website for the list of standard items, prices, and opening hours of Trap Trading.
Working Party
27 January 2008: a big thank you to those who helped on Sunday morning with covering the hard-core at the Port Meadow entrance to the site. As many of you have seen, there was a lot of rutting there due to the soft ground. Twenty tons of hard-core were laid down, and this has now been largely covered with soil and grass seed. We hope that the grass will grow and cover the hard-core, providing a pleasant but firm surface for the future.
9 December 2007: there is a new section in Growing Tips about dealing with potato blight.
Previous newsletters may be found on the documents page.