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Contact details
Head Office
Legal and Operations Manager:
Liz Bunting
Administration and Facilities Manager: Sonia Gallagher Administration: Karen Maher, Susan Garley and Lisa Fox Legal Advisor: Tyler Harris Research and Development Officer: Dr Deborah Burn Marketing and PR Co- Ordinator: Lauren Lawless
Officers of the Society President: Phil Gomersall Chairman: Tom Terrence Treasurer: Jeff Davies
Governance Committee Mr Alastair Watson Mrs Libby Earle
Mr Paul Merryweather Mr Wyn Marshall
Patron:
King Charles III
NAS enquiries and
magazine submissions...
NAS Head Office,
O’Dell House, Hunters Road, Corby, Northants NN17 5JE
Tel: 01536 266576
email: natsoc@nsalg.org.uk www.nsalg.org.uk
Registered in 1930 under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts No:11144R
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SUBMISSION CLOSING DATES:
Issue 2.23 (May) 20th February Issue 3.23 (August) 23rd May
Issue 4.23 (November) 22nd August
MAGAZINE SUBMISSIONS:
• Email to natsoc@nsalg.org.uk
• Include your contact details
• Up to 600 words in a word
document
• Send images as separate jpegs of
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Chairman’s comments ............................... 5 President’s scribblings ............................... 6 Legal matters .................................................7
GENERAL
Reps Q&A ....................................................... 8 International ................................................ 10
National Allotment Society & Natural Grower to Partner Up................................12
Seasonal jobs to do... ................................ 14
Promoting biodiversity
in colder months ........................................ 16
Creative plotholders ..................................17 The young plotters club ........................... 18 On the Kings plot .......................................20 Cooking with Erin ...................................... 22 Book Review ................................................ 23 Snippets........................................................24 Chickens .......................................................25 Bees ................................................................26 Fruit ................................................................ 27 Vegetables....................................................30 How to... ........................................................ 32 Hot topic ....................................................... 33 Shoestring tips... ....................................... 34 Readers articles..........................................35
AROUND THE REGIONS
Yorkshire.......................................................39 North West................................................... 41 East Midlands............................................. 44 West Midlands ........................................... 46 Eastern ......................................................... 48 Southern ....................................................... 52 South West ..................................................53 London .......................................................... 57
THINK FOR A MOMENT
“A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.” Doug Larson
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NAS Management Committee, Officers, Editor and Publishers, do not necessarily agree with the views expressed by contributors to this magazine and do not accept any responsibility for any errors in transmission in the subject matter of this publication. All advertisements are included in good faith and NSALG Management Committee, Officers, Editor and Publishers, cannot therefore accept any responsibility for any services offered by advertisers. No part of this publication may be reproduced without express written permission of the Society and Publishers.
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