David Sevant

Sadly David Sevant, our Chairman, passed away last week, after a long battle with cancer. Our thoughts are with Anne and family.

Annual General Meeting 21 November 2015

This year’s Annual General Meeting will be on Saturday 21 November 2015, between 14:00 – 16:00.  The venue is: The Stockade (Scout Hut) St David’s Way Hainault IG6 3BQ The Stockade is alongside Hainault Station and can easily be reached by a footpath connecting St David’s Way with New North Road. Please note that there is very limited…

Friend or foe?

We have had foxes active on Tomswood all the time that I have been a plot holder.  This year there is one (I think it is just one) that is getting much  bolder/more friendly than normal.  I have seen it quite a few times now, and all times of the day.  It doesn’t appear to…

50 Sheds of May*

Whilst allotments and sheds seem to go together, it isn’t actually obligatory to have a small shed on your plot.  At a rough guess, I would say that about 20% of plots at Tomswood have one.  That said, the ones we do have form a rather eclectic collection.  Some look thy have been bought specially, whilst others have been…

Spectacular Pest Control

As I was packing up at lunchtime today,  a male Kestrel flew over really low.  A large rodent was clearly grasped in its talons, and held parallel with the Kestrel’s body, so minimising wind resistance.  I didn’t see it actually take its prey, but it was still gaining height, so it is reasonable to assume…

Murderers!

“Murderers!”, I muttered loudly in my best Lord Melchett impression, as I gazed at what had yesterday been 2 fine young courgette plant (or butternut squash or – but that is another story). I had moved a batch of young plants out of the greenhouse the day before to harden them off before planting out.  Overnight some had been…

Apple Blossom

I wandered around the Tomswood Hill allotments with my camera recently,  looking for some images for this web site.  It struck me that there was a lot of apple blossom this year.  Masses.  The apple trees are spectacular. This follows on from the plums and cherries, which did equally well earlier.Looking around more widely has…