St Anne's Park, Dublin

Hi this is David from 51, can anyone tell me the PH rating for the plots in St Annes

I would also be interested in getting a load or two in, as well as some topsoil. I had decided that i would not be doing any growing this season so just want to prepare for next. Only thing really is timing as i still need to finish digging out the plot before getting any loads in. Let me know what your plans are, if any at this stage.

Don’t know about anyone else but I missed the manure deliveries and I need about a gazillion tons of the stuff. With no trailor available to me I’m depending on deliveries. With a lot of sites I’ve looked at the larger the order the cheaper the manure and the delivery costs fall too. So is anyone else in need? Would you like to get together and buy in a ton? 10 tons? 100 tons?

Does anyone have any good sources for manure? I know Blackbanks are doing some kind of a deal for bagged manure but that is still going to be astronomically priced for the tonnage required.

August 12th; day 37, Plot 77

Kale,Beetroot, Swedes, Lettuce, Scallions and Rhubarb…

Allotment map

Allotment Map

This is a link to a nursery in cork who will mail order fruit bushes .

They seem to have a full range of soft fruits that fellow plotters might like to cultivate.

Most os them are sold bare root and delivered in the dormant season, Nov – March

http://www.futureforests.net./br_fruit.htm

Paddy

If anyone has any stones cleared off that they don’t want and the dumping area is far to walk to, please feel free to leave them at Plot 6 as I would love to use them.

Thanks,

Cathal, Plot 6.

The St. Annes Rose Festival is on this weekend 17th /18th July, from 10.30 to 6.00 each day, over by the Red Stables. There will be many and varied horticultural stalls, selling all sorts of garden plants, furniture, tools etc.
Also Arts & Crafts items in the Marquees. Live music each day & Sunday is a special Family Day, with T Shirt making workshops, climbing wall, Punch & Judy shows, bouncy castles etc etc. Admission, car parking & all events free. Vehicle entrance from Mount Prospect Avenue.
If you know anybody that got an allotment and not yet picked up their keys, they will be available from the Information Tent at the Festival.
!!!!!COME ALONG -YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED!!!!!

Posted in the forum by Mick

Just thought I’d say a big hello to all the new faces I’ve met over the last 10 days or so in the walled garden.  If you’re passing me on the eastern wall (Plot 77) say hello, and if I can be of any help Just ask.  I’ve already replied to a couple of topics in the discussion forums…and the moniker there is Plotman… But my name is John/Johnny and I look forward to getting to know some of you over the coming months/years; I have loads to learn, and look forward to tapping into the collective knowledge base…

OK, so here we are at the start, raw and rough as the ground we are all busy trying to work, but I think with a little perseverance and a lot of work sweat and luck this little project developed by DCC could be quite the little success.  I mean never mind an alloted site, but one situated in one of the premier park areas of the city, and confined as it is and protected by the old garden walls has to be a bonus. I do not know anyone else’s take on this but I think it’s a little gem of a location…

Johnny K.