Page 3 - ALG Issue 4 2023

Contact details
Head Office
Legal and Operations Manager:
Liz Bunting
Office and Facilities Manager:
Sonia Gallagher
Administration:
Karen Maher, Lisa Fox and Busanga Lengalenga Legal Advisor: Tyler Harris Marketing: Alex Parker Research and Development Officer: Dr Deborah Burn
Officers of the Society President: Phil Gomersall Chairman: Mike Farrell Treasurer: Jeff Davies
Governance Committee Mr Alastair Watson Mrs Libby Earle
Mr Wyn Marshall
Mr Keith Meakin Dr Gareth Owen
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
NSALG Ltd.
Registered in 1930. No:11144R
@Nationalallotmentsociety @national_allotment_society
Advertising enquiries...
Crest Publications
Tel: 01536 317000
email: jayne@crestpublications.com www.crestpublications.com
SUBMISSION CLOSING DATES:
Issue 1.24 (February) 15th November Issue 2.24 (May) 21st February
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
good resolution (300dpi)
32
Chairman’s comments ............................... 5 President’s scribblings ............................... 6 Q&A.................................................................. 8 Ordnance Survey ......................................... 9 Legal Matters .............................................. 10
GENERAL
Vegetables: Cauliflower ............................ 11 National Allotments Week .......................12 Snippets........................................................ 15 New Developments................................... 16 Book Review ................................................ 18 Chickens ....................................................... 18 RHS Hampton Court Show ....................20 Seasonal Jobs to Do ................................. 22 Creative Plotholders .................................24 On the Kings Plot.......................................26 Cooking with Erin ......................................28 Bees ................................................................30 Hot Topic.......................................................32 Composting................................................ 34 Readers Articles .........................................35
12
AROUND THE REGIONS
International ................................................42 Northern ...................................................... 43 Yo r k s h i r e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 North West.................................................. 48 West Midlands ........................................... 49 East Midlands..............................................50 Eastern ...........................................................51 London ..........................................................53 Southern...................................................... 54 South West ..................................................55 South East....................................................56 Wales.............................................................. 57
THINK FOR A MOMENT
It is a golden
maxim to
cultivate the
garden for
the nose, and
the eyes will
take care of
themselves.
Robert Louis Stevenson
22
28
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.
Allotment and Leisure Gardener 3