The shop on our allotment site opens on Sunday mornings:
- Feb-March 10.00-12.00
- April-July 11.00-12.00
- Sept-Nov 11.00-12-00
- Closed in August, December & January
NO CASH – we can only handle card payments. (See stock list below.)
It is staffed by volunteers from the committee and is a good place to find us if you need to speak to someone about your plot/the site. It normally sells seeds, fertilisers of various kinds, and garden sundries including woven black plastic mulch. See below for more details.
Equipment
We can lend out manual push mowers on request from the shop.
We do not maintain these mowers, or charge for use.
See https://ewaa.org.uk/equipment-hire/ for more details
Shop Stock – 2024
This is not a complete list, but gives an idea if what is currently available:-
| Category | For example |
| Seeds & Bulbs | Alliums: *Onion sets, *Shallot sets Broad Beans: Aquadulce, Sutton Dwarf Dwarf beans: Amethyst, Elba, Tendergreen Climbing beans: Borlotta, Cosse Violette,Hunter Runner beans: Painted Lady Peas: Douce de Provence, Hurst Green Shaft, Kelvedon Wonder, Meteor Mangetout: Carouby de Maussane, Nairobi, Oregon Sugar Pod Something new: Asparagus peas, Edamame beans * new arrivals Vegetables — many old favourites and some less common varieties Salad leaves, Lettuce, Spring onions, Radishes, Tomatoes, Herbs Green manures: Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Grazing rye, Phacelia, Crimson clover, Summer Mix, Tares (vetch), Trefoil, White clover. FLOWERS: an assortment of old favourites for attracting pollinators, sowing as companion plants, and for brightening your plot |
| Seed potatoes | In stock from February 25th – details here. |
| Canes | 4ft, 6ft, 7ft, 8ft |
| Soil improvers | Mixed horse manure and composts in 70 litre bags Peat-free compost Blood, fish & bone meal Calcified seaweed Chicken manure pellets Maxicrop liquid feed General fertiliser Sulphate of potash Biochar Volcanic rock dust Garden lime Perlite Sharp sand |
| Pest Control | Ant killer Moth traps (codling & leek) Slug bait (contains Ferric Phosphate) |
| Crop protection | Fleece Butterfly netting Green netting Enviromesh |
| Ground cover | Woven plastic ground cover 3.3m wide (Mypex) |
| Miscellaneous | Twine Ground staples Buckets |