Monthly Meeting 5th May 7.30pm at ARCA Hall Thanington CT1 3XR
Clive Nuttman will give a talk entitled ‘What’s the Point of Wasps’
Competitions
Floral Art ‘World Laughter Day’, an amusing arrangement.
Vegetables, A Pair of Spring Cabbage (please leave the root on)
Jobs for May
Main crop potatoes can be earthed up now. Courgettes, pumpkins and sweetcorn planted indoors can now be planted out when the threat of frost has passed. Sweetcorn has to be planted in a grid formation for pollination. Leeks can be transplanted now. Cover strawberries with netting to prevent the birds from eating them.
Society Shop
This is open on Sundays from 9.30am to 12 noon.
Sells netting and insect mesh to cover strawberries.
Date for your diary
Plant Sale at Victoria Allotments on Sunday morning 17th May.
Any spare plants you have will be greatly received. Please bring on the morning of the sale.
Good gardening
Peter Whitcombe President