Page 52 - ALG Issue 2 2022

Eastern
Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire
Eastern Region report
The seasons seem be very unusual. It is the middle of February and no snow (I know some areas have had their share). It is very mild, but extremely windy. It
is also seed sowing time and thoughts are to the spring and summer and good growing weather.
Some good news. Several areas are looking to set up new allotment sites and this must be good for the future
of this great country. I would like to congratulate Lower Bellfield Allotment Site in Rettendon, near Chelmsford, Essex. I visited this location in the summer of 2021 and now they have
the field measured and made ready
for tenants to take on their new plots
by the end of March 2022. This is fantastic news and thanks must go to the committee and residents. Let’s hope that you have a good growing season.
I am also visiting other parish councils who are working to persuade local allotment sites to form associations. This should give them a better voice to improve facilities and relationships.
Gardeners’ World Live have been in touch with details about the BBC Gardeners’ World Events in 2022, including BBC Gardeners’ World Live, the BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair and the launch of the BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair at English Heritage’s Audley End House and Garden in September. The dates for this event
are provisionally the 2nd to the 4th September. If anyone is interested in helping with a stand at the autumn event, please get in touch with me.
Water conservation is very much on the agenda these days and I would
Several areas are looking to set up new allotment sites and this must be good for the future of this great country.
recommend everyone tries to collect as much rainwater as possible and make the best use of storing and using rainwater on their plots.
Let us hope that 2022 is a good year both in health and growing on the allotment.
Please support our region and help it grow stronger.
Ray How,
Regional Rep Eastern Region
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