WANTED: New chairperson

The Allotment Association is looking for a new Chairperson as of October 2011 and would welcome any applications up until September.

If you’d like to get involved with the allotment community and are prepared to donate a little of your time to helping us liaise with Tring council then please step forward.

Please contact Rupert Wallis (13, Albert Street, 07909 510 968) or drop us a line via the website.

Plant sale

The Allotment Association is holding its annual plan sale on the High Street in Tring on 25th June.

It’s a great chance to stock up on plants you’ve not had a chance to plant yourself and to find a bargain.

Any donations of plants, flowers or produce to sell would be much appreciated, and all money raised will go towards the Association funds.

Please contact either Mary Lynn Moxon (Kozy Corner, Charles Street, 01442 826 543) or Rupert Wallis (13, Albert Street, 07909 510 968) to make any donations, or bring them along to the stall on the day (the earlier the better).

Tip of the day 2

Rather than using the whole toilet roll as mentioned in TOTD1, cut it in half and make 2 pots from one toilet roll tube.

Squash your toilet roll tubes to make them square rather than round. That way you can fit more into your seed tray and not waste any space. Try putting all the tubes in place and then filling with compost.

Tip of the day 1

Save all those cardboard toilet roll tubes. They make excellent plant pots. Just pop them in your seed tray, fill with compost, pop in a seed or two, water and wait. When your plant is bigger you can plant the whole tube in the soil as it will biodegrade.