Rhubarb
All you need to know
Getting Started
Andrew Harris's story
Site Reps Meeting
Details of the most recent meeting between BHAF, council and Site Reps including discussion on proposed rent increases
What to do in January
Planning, pruning, rhubarb, sweet peas
Gardening terminology
Some top terms you should know
Wildlife and hibernation
Hedgehogs, ladybirds, frogs and toads
Hedging and Christmas trees
Some wildlife-promoting ideas
Golden Crusted Brussels Sprouts
A tasty treat for your roast dinner
Five top tips for the new tenant
Getting started on your plot if you take over in Autumn/Winter
What to do in December
Dig, cover, wash, store, insulate...
Jerusalem Artichokes
(Helianthus tuberosum)
Planning your year
Choosing seeds and bulbs
FAQ
Some questions from people thinking about applying for a plot
Agricube
Increase your growing space - vertical growing!
Leek and Olive Gratin
a tasty autumn supper
Blackberry and Apple crumble cupcakes
Autumn fruits in a cupcake - what's not to love?!
Things to do this month
cleaning, magazines, rubbish, digging, tulips, ponds, sweet peas, veg, rhubarb
Grape vines
A 3 year plan
Soot
Why it's great for your plot
Cold Frames
Winter or summer, cold frames are really useful
BHAF 2012 AGM
Save the Date
Garlic
What you need to know
What to do this month
tidy up, plan your plot for next year, plant garlic and more
Herbs
what to do with herbs this month
To Autumn
A poem by John Keats
Leaf mould
make some great leaf mould compost
What to do this month
Fruit and vegetables
Foraging for fruit
A real autumn treat!
An autumn poem
by Tim Cresswell
Grow your neighbour's own
Find a helper for your plot
Grow Your Own Magazine
review by Melanie Matthews
Stan Charlwood
23rd June 1915 - 26th June 2011
July 2011 Maintenance Team Update
Locks, plumbing, strimming and badgers
What to do with all those courgettes?
Some recipes to help you deal with the courgette mountain!
Making a Wildlife Hotel
A great activity with the kids in the summer holidays
Watering - the basics
And don't forget to find someone to water when you go on hols!
What to do in August
plant your strawberries now!
Sweetcorn
Some tasty sweetcorn tips
Save and Store your seed
Grow next year's crop for free!
Keeping bees - our story
As published in the BHAF Spring 2011 newsletter
Bee careful about pesticides!
A life without bees would be a very bad place!
Water and Allotments
Making efficient use of this scarce resource
Free Pallets and Wooden Posts
Available from American Express building project
Weeds
One year's seed, seven year's weeds!
Drought
Saving water and efficient watering
Drought
growing drought-tolerant plants
What to do in June
pests, deadheading, what to plant and more...
Rat or wasp problem?
Free pest control available
Carrot Soup
Soup to help you see in the dark!
Weeds
and how to control them
Federation News
An annual newsletter for all Brighton and Hove Allotment Holders
Councillor David Smart
10th March 1936 - 8th September 2010
Ovingdean
Allotment Details
Everything stolen from Racehill Farm Plot 20!
Please let me know if you have any information
Photos from my plot
Plot 27 Weald site
Harry Gander
18th August 1921 to 18th July 2010
Pamela Margaret Bean
12th July 1922 to 13th May 2010
Hilltop Allotments
Craven Vale and Whitehawk Hill Allotment Group
BHAF 2010 AGM
Question and Answer Session
Brighton 'Digs for Victory'
an allotment handbook from 1941
Allotments in our city
A chronicle of allotments in Brighton and Hove
The Council's advice for new tenants
What you need to know as soon as you get a plot
Health and Safety on the Plot
Look after yourself and others!
RAGS Stores
Lower Roedale (off Lynchett Close) & Roedale Valley (off Golf Drive)
Rotation
What's it all about?
Parsnip Tips
How to get the best Germination
Potatoes
all you ever wanted to know and more!
BHAF 2009 AGM
Minutes of the 2009 AGM
BHAF 2010 AGM
Minutes of the 2010 AGM
Soil improvement
Get to know your soil and how to make the best of it
Comfrey
Fantastic liquid feed and compost activator
Green Manures
plants that add to soil fertility and improve soil structure
Slug control
don't let them beat you!
Site Development Fund Applications Approved
A list of the applications approved by year, and cost
Our Constitution
What we do, and what we stand for
Lower Roedale
Allotment details