Old Lane Allotment Association

The Leeds City Council rules state to grow 60% edible crops, fruit and Vegatables etc. The other 40% of your plot which can include a greenhouse, sheds, pollytunnel and flowers which comes under the category non edible crops. If your plot is not in a satisfactory condition over the growing season, not cultivated, or you are not utilising the land Old Lane Allotments has t...

We have had a delivery of wood chippings. They are in the bay area , that Tony Paine built.

It’s at the back of the car park, where the perimeter fence is.

We have managed to source some Anti Bird Netting that is cheaper than our previous supplier. It is down by 0.50p a running metre and is 4 mts wide. So the new price will be £1.40 a running metre , as opposed to £1.90 a running metre. It is Horticultaral bird netting and will last at least 7 years .

Blog by Mark Burton (Allotment Secreatary)

Hosepipes can only be used to fill up water barrels that you have on your plot. That strictly means hosepipes cant be used to direct water plants or land, it is forbidden on site. Anyone caught using a hosepipe other than filling up a water barrel will be in a strict breach of there tenancy agreement .

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It has now been decided that no more scrap metal is to be put in the bay area. Members will have to dispose of scrap metal themselves. That bay area was built for wheelbarrow storage and manure.

Mick is going to organise a delivery of manure in the coming days, for the bay area at the back of the car park. It is just getting abused by some members as a dumping g...