Wind turbine: Sat 20th Feb 10.30 AM
AGM: Tue 20th April 7.30 PM
Committee Meeting: Sat 27th March
News from the last
committee Meeting 31st January 2010
Waiting list – currently 41 on waiting list
Thefts and plot vandalism – still an
issue, liaising with community police
Plot inspections – will be done in February
Water tanks – at plot 6 and 26a will be fixed
by a plumber shortly
Fruit tree rootsocks – see webite news section for details of suitable
tree roots stocks for the allotment
Apple trees: Semi dwarfing rootstock, MM106
Cherry trees: Giselle 5. Tree grows to 8ft.
Plum trees: Pixy rootstock. Trees will grow to 10-15feet. Trees
on Julian A rootstock is the most widely available rootstock, but these trees
may get too big for the allotment plots. Never buy any other rootstocks
Janet made this bread pudding for the summer BBQ and everyone was
asking for asking for the recipe, so here it is.
12/14 slices of bread, 6oz of flour,8oz
of marg,8oz of sugar,3 sachets mixed spice. (Schwartz),4
tablespoons cinnamon,Egg,10oz sultanas,10oz raisins
Soak the bread in the milk and egg. Mix sugar and marg. Add the drained bread.Add flour,
spices and fruit. Oil the bread pudding container. Place the bread in layers
with the sugar and marg and fruit in the container.Cover with greasproof
paper, and cook on gas mark 4 for 1.5 hours.Remove greasproof paper. Sprinkle sugar and nutmeg over the top.Cook for another ½ hour. Next time you bake it, add
more or less cinnamon or spice according to your taste.
Here
are the flavour results for the tomato tasting. 25 different varieties of
tomatoes were presented for sampling. Brandy Wine is the only large tomato to
sneak into the 5 favourite varieties at a very close run position of second. I
know which varieties I will be growing as definite next year but I am sure
there will be a few more experiments to find the best for flavour and vigor
|
Variety |
||||
|
Total |
Max
score |
% |
||
|
1 |
Sun
Gold |
82 |
100 |
82.00% |
|
2 |
Brandy
Wine |
72 |
90 |
80.00% |
|
3 |
Rosada |
70 |
90 |
77.78% |
|
4 |
Sweet
1,000,000 |
54 |
70 |
77.14% |
|
5 |
Orange
Santa |
74 |
100 |
74.00% |
|
6 |
Sun
Cherry |
58 |
80 |
72.50% |
|
7 |
Brandy
Boy Hybrid |
62 |
90 |
68.89% |
|
8 |
Black
Cherry |
61 |
90 |
67.78% |
|
9 |
White
Queen |
64 |
100 |
64.00% |
|
10 |
Vanessa |
38 |
60 |
63.33% |
|
11 |
Country
Wonder |
47 |
80 |
58.75% |
|
12 |
Dinner
Plate |
52 |
90 |
57.78% |
|
13 |
Tommy
Toe |
46 |
80 |
57.50% |
|
14 |
Tigerella |
51 |
90 |
56.67% |
|
15 |
Black
Krim |
49 |
90 |
54.44% |
|
16 |
Chadwick's
Cherry |
37 |
70 |
52.86% |
|
17 |
Aunt
Ruby's German Green |
47 |
90 |
52.22% |
|
18 |
Orange
Banana |
35 |
70 |
50.00% |
|
19 |
Sweet
Miracle |
44 |
90 |
48.89% |
|
20 |
Marianna's
Peace |
39 |
80 |
48.75% |
|
21 |
Yellow
Pear |
39 |
80 |
48.75% |
|
22 |
Red
Strawberry |
28 |
70 |
40.00% |
|
23 |
Banana
Legs |
35 |
90 |
38.89% |
|
24 |
Health
Kick |
23 |
70 |
32.86% |