
The Hatfield Peverel Allotment Association has been around for over a hundred years, below is an article written by David Goodey and makes good reading!
Read moreThe Hatfield Peverel Allotment Association has been around for over a hundred years, below is an article written by David Goodey and makes good reading!
Read moreRhubarb & custard cocktail
An elegant vodka-based drink that'll wow your guests - it's made with creamy advocaat iqueur and homemade fruit syrup
The Hatfield Peverel Allotment Association has been around for over a hundred years, below is an article written by David Goodey and makes good reading!
Sweet Corn
Early Extra Sweet F1 SH2 Sweet Corn
20cm long cobs filled with fine flavoured kernels. A super sweet variety (SH) which matures from September onwards.
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Kelvedon Glory F1 SU Sweet Corn
An old favourite giving early crops from August onwards. Good flavour and high quality cobs with golden yellow kernels.
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Minipop F1 SU Sweet Corn
Specially bred to produce baby sweet corn so popular in stir-fry and salad dishes. Plant very close together.
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Sweet Nugget F1 SH2 Sweet Corn
Medium long cobs with large kernels of pleasing golden colour. Excellent sweet flavour, a super sweet type (SH). Well suited to cooler conditions. Harvests from early September.
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Swift F1 SH2 Sweet Corn
A first early extra tender variety. Heavy cobs of superb taste and texture with 14 to 16 rows of golden kernals.
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Tasty Gold F1 SH2 Sweet Corn
The 21cm long cobs are filled right up to the tip with golden kernels of super sweet flavour. This is a super sweet type (SH). Matures early September onwards.
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A first early extra tender variety. Heavy cobs of superb taste and texture with 14 to 16 rows of golden kernals.
Rhubarb & Grenadine Crumble
This has a great twist, the Grenadine adds great colour and taste to the rhubarb that will add that something special to your dessert!
Rhubarb & custard cocktail
An elegant vodka-based drink that'll wow your guests - it's made with creamy advocaat iqueur and homemade fruit syrup
Sow seed outdoors
Vegetable growing really takes off this month. Chit and plant out second early potatoes in the first half of the month, maincrop potatoes in the second half. It's also time to sow seed outdoors in well-prepared soil.
We get a glimpse of the early signs of the arrival of Spring this month. The soil begins to warm up around the middle of February and we can see for the first time this year the buds beginning to swell on fruit trees and bushes. Overwintering vegetables begin to look less sorry for themselves and they start to produce new growth.
Now is the height of summer, the days endlessly long, temperatures usually at their peek and you should be reaping the rewards of your hard work in the preceding months. Watering in this month is crucial to stem off premature bolting, tomato blossom end rot and splitting skins.