Fundraising
Our fundraising target for 2013 is £5000. Help us buy the land.
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The HAA in the news
Click here to listen to interview on 15 April 2011 on BBC Radio Surrey with Pete Comley & Lindsay Donald.
Click here to listen to the interview with Pippa Greenwood & Pete Comley on the opening day (13th March 2011) on Dig it on BBC Radio Surrey.
Click here to listen to the previous interview with the HAA broadcast on Sunday 21 November 2010.
Have your say....
"A fantastic achievement.
Congratulations to Pete and the team."Antony Hunter, Hook Parish Council
"Brilliant. Good Luck... I am delighted that this piece of land will be used to great advantage by members of the Hook Allotments Association and that there will be a covenant in place preventing any sale to developers.." Jonathan Glen, Hampshire/ Hart Councillor.
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Key for gate lock
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Welcome
The Hook Allotment Association has been formed to manage and provide allotments for the residents of Hook, Hampshire, UK.
Our site opened on 13th March 2011 and we are already full with 150 plots allocated. We will have more plots available later in 2013. Click here to find out how to join our waiting list.
Our Wassail on 13 January 2013 in our communal orchard
Forum
Plant sale - thank you everyone
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Site Update - May 2013
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HAA AGM 2013 Agenda
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Rats in compost bins
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Compost bin requires new home
Started by Richard Ford in General questions/comments/information Apr 21. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Growing Tomatoes Tips
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Beer bottles
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Spring Fever - a dancing Success
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Seed patenting
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Water Butt ... what size??
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Wood Chipping - Next Load - ETA?
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Pictures from Easter Event
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Northern Polytunnels
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Thanks to HASBRO for donating prizes
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Fantastic prizes donated for Spring Fever
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Below are are a selection of resources to download. For more
details, please contact Sue Hinton at DSH PR on 01252
408820.
Photo of committee taking over site on 13/11/2010- high
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Launch press release of 15/11/2010
Events
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Stall at the Hook Schools Summer Fair
June 29, 2013 from 11am to 2pm – Hook Schools
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What do this Month
Vegetables
- Keep up successional sowings of salads and herbs
- Sow cucumbers, courgettes and squash in pots for transplanting later
- Earth up potatoes once the shoots are over 20cm high
- Sow cauliflower, leeks and Purple Sprouting Broccoli for harvesting next winter
- Plant out tomatoes once all risk of frost has passed
Fruit
- Hang pheromone traps in apple trees to reduce codling moth
- Cover peach and nectarine trees on cool nights
- Tie in new shoots of fan-trained plums, cherries and peaches
- Cut back some older stems on Fig trees to encourage new growth
- Check fruit trees for signs of canker and prune out affected stems
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