Old Trafford Amateur Gardeners' Society http://www.otags.org.uk Website of Seymour Grove Allotments, Old Trafford Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:00:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Apple Day – 24th September 2011 http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/09/apple-day-2011/ http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/09/apple-day-2011/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:25:36 +0000 plot52 http://www.otags.org.uk/?p=727 Click here for our Apple Day poster

]]> http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/09/apple-day-2011/feed/ 0 Preserving Day 2011 – now fully booked sorry http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/08/preserving-day-2011/ http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/08/preserving-day-2011/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:07:58 +0000 webmaster http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/08/preserving-day-2011/ Continue reading →]]> Old Trafford Amateur Gardeners’ Society in partnership with CrackingGood Food is holding a preserving workshop on Saturday, 10th September2011 from 4.30pm to 7.30pm.The facilitator is Vicki Leng who has a lot of experience ofpreserving produce and of teaching and demonstrating cookingtechniques. The session will focus on low-carbon options forpreserving fruit and veg to enjoy throughout the winter. Participantswill learn how to make dried apple rings, dill pickle, salted beans,dried tomatoes and more! It is suitable for people with little or noprevious experience of preserving food.One preserving jar per person will be provided but participants arealso welcome to bring along sterilised jars (either 226g or 454g). Thebottled produce will be available to take home at the end of thesession.The venue is Firswood Community Centre, The Quadrant, Greatstone Road,Stretford M32 8QS. This is on the edge of Longford Park and just a fewminutes away from Seymour Grove Allotments.Light refreshments will be available for participants.This workshop is free to attend as we have received funding from theLocal Food Fund to run it. However, spaces are limited to 12 so pleasesend a refundable deposit of £10 to secure your place.I will confirm your place on receipt of a cheque. Cheques should bemade out to Old Trafford Amateur Gardeners’ Society and sent to LauraMackey, 24 Lime Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester M16 0NN. Attendeeswill receive their cheques back uncashed and people who don’t turn upon the day will be making a £10 donation to the upkeep of SeymourGrove allotments! If you realise you can no longer come please let meknow so your place can be allocated to someone else and your chequereturned.If you want to make sure that there is a place available beforesending your deposit, please contact me by email or by phone – 07960371994. We will also update the website /orchard blog[www.otags.org.uk & http://otagsorchard.blogspot.com/] when the courseis full.If you need any other information about the course, please contact me.I’m looking forward to a useful and interesting workshop and I hopeyou can join in!Best wishes,Laura Mackey

]]> http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/08/preserving-day-2011/feed/ 0 Allotment Week Open Day Success http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/08/allotment-week-open-day-success/ http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/08/allotment-week-open-day-success/#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:00:41 +0000 plot52 http://www.otags.org.uk/?p=715 Continue reading →]]> We held another successful Open Day today.  Old Trafford Amateur Gardeners’ Society has been organising Open Days during National Allotment Week for a number of years and this year was no exception.

We had a new attraction, a mobile Cob Oven, hired from Stretford Pizza Ovens (proprietors of which have an allotment on our site). Graham and Catherine hired the oven to us so we could provide delicious fresh pizzas made from ingredients grown on our site. The pizzas were delicious.

Huge thanks to all who organised the event and helped out on the day.

Our next event will be Apple Day on Saturday September 24th – from 12 – 3 p.m.

 

 

 

]]> http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/08/allotment-week-open-day-success/feed/ 0 Open Day 2011 http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/08/open-day-2011/ http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/08/open-day-2011/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:04:04 +0000 webmaster http://www.otags.org.uk/?p=706 Continue reading →]]> SEYMOUR GROVE ALLOTMENTS OPEN DAY & PRODUCE FAIR – Sat 13 August – 11am to 2pm

Our August Open Day is fast approaching, this year it will take place on Saturday 13th August from 11am to 2pm.
On our August Open Day we celebrate the produce which we produce by throwing open our gates and inviting friends, family & the public to experience the sights, sounds, smells & tastes of our wonderful corner of Old Trafford.  
We will have a stall by the Pavilion selling fresh produce donated by plot holders. 
Also this year, for the very first time, we will have a wood fired clay oven on site and will be baking pizzas! We will supply dough, tomato sauce & cheese and then you will be able to choose your topping from those we’ll have at the stall, or pop down to your allotment and pick some of your own veg to top your pizza with. 
There will also be a nature trail for the children (the “See More” trail), refreshments in the Pavilion and a bric a brac stall.
The Open Day gives friends, families and our neighbours the chance to look round the site, sample our delicious produce and meet each other. It also helps to raise much needed funds for the upkeep and improvement of the site. Please invite everyone you know! The King’s Road entrance will be open from 11.00am to 2.00pm. 
Our August Open Day ties in with National Allotment week which this year runs from Mon 8th – Sun 14th August, where sites around the country will be celebrating how fun and fruitful allotments can be!

Can you help make the day a success?

PRODUCE DONATIONS
 
Do you have a bag load of broad beans? Or a sack-full of spinach?  How about a crate crammed with courgettes?
 
Just one onion? Or a jar of jam? Or something a little special to surprise us? (I’ve seen some wonderfully exotic & colourful looking veg around the site !)
 
 
Would you be willing to donate any excess vegetables or fruit you have to the Produce stall? 
CAKES 

Or can you bake a delicious cake, maybe a plate of biscuits or a fruit crumble & donate it? 

BRIC A BRAC

We also welcome bric a brac and books.
 
We will be taking donations on Friday 12th August from 3pm – 7.30pm  or on the morning of Sat 13 August from 9.30am, at the Pavilion.
 
If you are unable to drop off your produce on either of the dates / times above, contact us through this site with your phone number and we will arrange to pick it up from you.
 
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
 
Could you help …

Sell produce on the stall?

 
 Or cook pizzas in the clay oven? (We will show you how!)
Serve refreshments?

 
 Or greet people?

 
Set up from 9.30am?

 
 Or clear up afterwards?
 
Any time you can spare would be really appreciated, you don’t need to stay the whole time, just an hour will be a great help.
 
If you would like to help or have produce to donate but can’t drop it off on Friday afternoon or Saturday morning, please  pop a note with your details on it in the letter box at the Pavilion.
 
Many thanks and best wishes
]]> http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/08/open-day-2011/feed/ 0 Hackers http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/05/hackers/ http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/05/hackers/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 19:30:26 +0000 webmaster http://www.otags.org.uk/?p=690 Continue reading →]]> Hi appologies to anyone who couldn’t see the site last week but saw this…

Why you’d pick a website from an allotment in Old Trafford I’ve no idea, but anyway if you found this page because you did a search for why your site looked like this and what you can do, here’s what i did…

Change theme, simples…. probably best to delete the old one and re-install, hope you hadn’t made too many modifications..If you can’t log on try viewing your site on a mobile device if you have a mobile device plug-in and change your settings there. Failing that, go to where you host your site and either get them to, or if you can use the file manager, replace the theme folder there. Good Luck.

]]> http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/05/hackers/feed/ 0 Painting the Pavillion… http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/04/painting-the-pavillion/ http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/04/painting-the-pavillion/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:38:39 +0000 webmaster http://www.otags.org.uk/?p=665 Continue reading →]]> This job needs to go ahead later in April or early May, weather permitting, to have it out of the way before the Plant Sale.  Brian has put himself forward to organise this so please do get in touch with him if you are able to help with the job – many hands make light work ….

]]> http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/04/painting-the-pavillion/feed/ 0 Plant Sale – 21st May 2011 http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/04/plant-sale-21st-may-2011/ http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/04/plant-sale-21st-may-2011/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:35:38 +0000 webmaster http://www.otags.org.uk/?p=661 Continue reading →]]> Saturday 21st May 2010 11:00 ’till 15:00 

We’re having another Plant Sale Day to help you all get rid of spare seedlings you’ve raised or buy ones you’re short of.

We’ll also be doing the same with cakes if you don’t want plants, and everybody wants cake.  So if you happen to have baked too many please bring them along and we’ll sell those too!

All proceeds go towards maintaining / improving the site.

Do you want to know of any upcoming events? Hit the button below to be added to the notification list…

]]> http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/04/plant-sale-21st-may-2011/feed/ 0 Get a Big Butt… and Save Water http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/03/get-a-big-butt-and-save-water/ http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/03/get-a-big-butt-and-save-water/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:43:39 +0000 webmaster http://www.otags.org.uk/?p=653 Continue reading →]]> Be sprinkler savvy We all love our gardens, but sprinklers can use as much as 1,000 litres of water per hour – that’s more than a family of four can use in a whole day.

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This slimline space saving mini butt catches enough rainwater so even the most humble gardens can enjoy nature’s gift. Made from recycled plastic.

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]]> http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/03/get-a-big-butt-and-save-water/feed/ 0 ‘Open Space’ Volunteer Day http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/02/open-space-volunteer-day/ http://www.otags.org.uk/2011/02/open-space-volunteer-day/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:43:20 +0000 webmaster http://www.otags.org.uk/?p=644 Continue reading →]]> ‘Open Space’ volunteer day

Lostock College

5th March 11am-4pm

 

Lostock high school (Selby Road, Stretford M32 9PL), welcomes you to the launch of its Open Space project.

 

A derelict site on school grounds will be transformed into a food growing area and wildlife habitat – a place where students and the local community will gain experience in organic gardening thoughout 2011. Help is needed to plant fruit trees, make raised beds, build a polytunnel, and dig a pond.

 

All are welcome!

 

For more information, contact Nicola at growingschool@yahoo.co.uk or call 07515116730 or

Mrs Sheila Barton (SENCO) 0161 864 5722

 

Refreshments and weatherproof clothing provided.

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This year’s Potato Days are on 19th and 20th February.

Full list and order sheet Here

Plenty more on sale too including onion sets, shallots and a selection from the shop. Refreshments will be available, help yourself to tea or coffee

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