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Annual Bonfire & BBQ 2025

Annual Bonfire & BBQ 2025

RRBMAA Annual Bonfire & BBQ – Saturday 1st November

Please join us from 5pm at Rosedale Road for our annual BBQ & Bonfire – bring your food, drink, cutlery and crockery – plus family and friends.  

We will provide the bonfire, tables, chairs and chat :))

Fingers crossed the weather will be kind to us!

Wrap up warm and join in the fun.

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RRBMAA Christmas Social

RRBMAA Christmas Social

This year’s Christmas Social on Friday December 12th is a change from our usual quiz – we hope you will book a place and come along to … Christmas Wreaths.

One of our members Karen Stephens has offered to lead a group through making your own wreath for your front door, there will be a cost of £25 per wreath to cover materials.

Your £25 will buy a 12″ door wreath, with lights included (not the batteries), ribbons from a selection, fresh holly, pine cones and cinnamon sticks.   Please see photo of finished wreath attached.

One to two people per wreath – you will need to bring your own scissors that are strong enough to cut thin wire.

Drinks can be bought from the bar as usual, mince pies will be supplied

Interested?  Then please contact Karen via email karenfstephens@hotmail.co.uk to arrange paying the £10 deposit this will secure your wreath and must be paid by 3rd November

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BONFIRES

BONFIRES

The RRBMAA Bonfire Ban has been lifted but only small amounts of dry garden waste that cannot be composted should be burnt. Please use an incinerator where possible.

DO NOT light a fire on windy days, damp days and in the evening when smoke hangs in the air

DO NOT light a fire before 6pm in the evening, or if surrounding neighbours have washing out

Make sure that you have placed the fire well away from any structures as well as large plants and trees.

NEVER burn household rubbish, empty chemical containers, plastic, foam

NEVER under any circumstances use an accelerator (e.g. petrol) to get a bonfire started

NEVER leave the bonfire unattended and have something to hand to extinguish the flames if they should get out of hand, a bucket or two of water is a safe option

ALWAYS wait until everything has burned down before leaving the site. Once finished, dampen down the bonfire with water making sure the fire is out and surroundings are safe

BONFIRES ARE NOT GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT – PLEASE LOOK FOR A DIFFERENT WAY TO DEAL WITH WASTE MATERIAL

Thank you to the majority of plotholders who do not burn their waste

Allotment Tips

Veg Talk – September 2025

Veg Talk – September 2025

It’s been a good year for tomatoes and courgettes with no blight! However, it may still get on potatoes – if this occurs, then cut off the tops and leave the potatoes for two weeks before lifting.

Q. When pears can be picked?

A. Pick them when not ripe as they are notorious for sudden ripening due to sogginess – hold and lift the individual fruit and if snaps off then it’s ready, if have to pull them, they’re not. If you want to ripen pears quickly, place next to bananas.

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Open Day

Open Day

August Open Day will be held at Rosedale Road on Saturday 16th August from 10.00am to 1.00pm.

Donations of allotment produce, cakes, jams, pickle and chutneys would be much appreciated.

CR will liaise with JF regarding flyer printing; he will also put up the usual signs.

CR asked for help in digging up the crops from “Keith’s Plot” on the morning of the Open Day.

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Summer Pruning Demonstration

Summer Pruning Demonstration

Building on the success of the earlier Pruning Demonstration Denise
Beckley has agreed that Andy Klecha can use her trees for the follow up session.

This will be on Saturday 9th August at Rosedale Road and starting at 10.00am.

The focus will be on apple, pear and cherry trees.

Summer pruning encourages bud growth, winter pruning encourages leaf growth. It is essential that cherry or plum trees have finished fruiting before pruned.