Seed Potato Orders
Seed potatoes for ordering in Autumn 2009, planting in Spring 2010
Trading Shed
See also Noticeboard.
All Society Members are able to purchase from the Allotments Trading Sheds
staffed by volunteers which open for an hour / hour and a half on Sundays. On
sale are a wide variety of garden products, including many items that are
difficult to source from ordinary garden shops and centres. In particular, a
wide range of fertilising and soil improving agents such as 'blood, fish and
bone meal' and 'nitrochalk' for as little as 25 pence a pound, seeds at up to
35% discount, bamboo canes, fertilisers, composts and other sundries. Items
such as fertiliser and onion and shallot sets (when in season) are sold by
weight, so you can buy the amount you need. We now have Green Manure seed
(Winter Tares) in stock (from Autumn 2007) at £1.50 per half kilo.
See below for price list.
Trading Sheds are located at the Shepherds Hill and Alexandra Palace allotment
sites (beside the car parks at both) and are open for new memberships and sales
Sundays at Shepherds Hill from 11 am - 1 pm and at Alexandra Palace from 11
am - 12.30 pm. Please note that over the winter months, the two sheds open only
on alternate Sundays, and at Shepherds Hill for a shorter time - please check
here for details of dates and times.
Suggestions by members for products to stock
We have a poster pinned up for suggestions. Here's the ones that were added up to May 2009...
- Green manure seeds Yes, now stocked at AP at really good price!
- Cheap but strong gardening knife Looking into this
- Fruit cage kit items Looking into this
- Balls to make netting cages using canes Yes, now stocked at AP at really good price!
- Cloche kit items Looking into this
- Butyl pond liner Looking into this
- Peat-free policy We are moving in that direction, and sell the 100% peat-free and award-winning 'New Horizon' compost without any mark-up, also a reduced-peat compost. However, some gardeners still like compost made with peat.
- Ant killer Not to be stocked. Ants cause few problems for gardeners. They are a fascinating part of the natural kingdom, as well as being the food of choice of Green Woodpeckers.
- Autumn-planting onion sets (Japanese) Looking into this
- 'Safe' slug pellets sold loose rather than in tins Looking into this
- Sealant for tree pruning cuts Sealant is not now recommended by experts - it is best to leave a clean and open cut
- Grease band Looking into this
- Winter-planting seeds Looking into this
- Tree stakes Not sure if the demand is really there to justify stocking
- Compost activator Yes, now stocked at AP at really good price!
- Bulk 'off the roll' fleece Yes, now stocked at AP at really good price!
Chadahs Trading Shed Price List (Word Document)
This is designed to print as a double-sided A4 sheet, that, when folded,
produces an A5 format leaflet, with a single centre page.
Please note that prices and stock available may change.
(Left click to view, or right click and choose 'Save Target As' to download to
your computer.)
