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Welcome to Colchester Avenue Allotment Association

One Stop Shop for Allotment Plot-holders

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Plot-Holder Services

Plot holders, you can take a look at our facilities & interactive map of the site, chat to other plot-holder in the forums, read our frequently asked questions and read the plot-holder essential information. If you want to erect a shed or greenhouse, please download this form with details on how to do this..

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Garden and Allotment Content

And we have plenty of content for all allotment owners and gardeners including allotment tips & tricks, month by month allotment tips and a range of links to benefit all gardeners and allotment holders.

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About Us and Allotment Letting

Want to Contact us or Get an Allotment?

If you’d like to get in contact with us, please send us a message here. And if you’re interested in taking out a plot then please visit the council site here for all the details on how to do this, but note the waiting list for our allotment is currently closed due to Covid. We’ll let you know when this changes.

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Month by Month Tips
January

Despite shorter days and colder temperatures there are still plenty of jobs to be getting on with. If bad weather keeps you indoors then there is lots of potting on and sowing that can be done.
HARVEST
Keep picking those sprouts They’re sweeter after a cold, hard frost.
Leeks and parsnips still in the ground can also be harvested.
Sprouting broccoli and witloof chicory should be ready.
SOW UNDER COVER
Early season leeks, lettuces, broad beans, peas, cut-and-come-agains, radishes, and onions
can now be sown under cover
PLANTING
Garlic cloves and onion sets can be planted in pots of compost in the greenhouse or directly outdoors in warmer areas
DIG
If the soil is dry enough, prepare it by digging it over and letting the frost break down the clods of earth.
PRUNING
Free-standing apple and pear trees can now be pruned. Spurs can be thinned out on step-overs
espaliers, and cordons.
STORAGE
Check your stored fruit and vegetables and remove any plants that have turned bad to prevent them contaminating healthy ones.
ORDERING
Check out seed catalogues and online stores. Get your orders for plants, tubers, and seeds in now to avoid disappointment later in the season.



Where are We?

Colchester Avenue, Pen-y-lan, Cardiff, CF23 9BB

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Allotment Videos

Some youtube guides for running a sucessful allotment

Allotment for Beginners: Veg

Top Tips for New Allotment holders

Winter work on the Allotment

Meet the Committee

Julian Goss
Committee Chairman
Plots 63 & 79A

Gavin Sims
Shop Manager and Webmaster
Plot 33B

Sue Finch
Plot 167

Zahed Khan
Plot 25

Kate Haynes
Plot 55B & 65B

Nik Mason
Plots 98A & 99B

John Sanders
Newsletter Editor
Plot 24A

Caroline Joll
Plot 32BTreasurer

Roger Williams
Plot-Letting
Plot 59

Mohammed Shaukat
Plot 111A & 112A

And thanks to everyone who helps the committee.