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Brook Road Bees

Read the latest news on the Brook Road Bees by our resident Beekeeper, Brian.

"With the blessing of the allotment committee, I am about to start keeping a few bees on our allotments (Plot 76) at Brook Road. For information I'll keep this small journal month by month on our web site. As we go through the year I’ll explain how the bee keeping process works, what major problems there are and how we may be able to produce a few jars of honey by September (yummy)."

Read more . . . . Brook Road Bees (May 2010).pdf (38kB)

Read more . . . . Brook Road Bees (April 2010).pdf (38kB)

Read more . . . . Brook Road Bees (March 2010).pdf (49kB)

Read more . . . . Brook Road Bees (February 2010).pdf (49kB)

Read more . . . . Brook Road Bees (January 2010).pdf (54kB)

Brian Kidd's Runner Bean Tip

• Wash & thoroughly dry your runner beans.
• Cut them as you normally would for cooking.
• Spread them out on a clean tea towel.
• Fold in the sides and roll them up.
• Place them in the freezer for 12 hours.
• Take them out of the freezer, move them around with your fingers to ensure they are separate.
• Roll them up again and put them in the freezer for 48 hours.
• Take them out of the freezer and put them in the portion sizes you would normally eat and put these into either a freezer box with freezer paper between the portions, or put each portion into a plastic freezer bag.
• Return them to the freezer.
• When you are preparing them for cooking, bring slightly salted water to the boil and put the frozen beans straight into the water - don't allow them to thaw.
• This is called dry freezing and the runner beans will taste as though you have just picked them.

Information Sheets

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All information is supplied in good faith following research of numerous sources both at the local library and on the internet. It is provided for the assistance of members in growing their crops on their allotment, but regret we can not be held responsible for correctly grown vegetables !

Onions, Shallots & Garlic ...(194kB)

Carrot Root Fly ...(110kB)

Clubroot ...(98kB)

Parsnip Canker ...(62kB)

Potato Blight ...(73kB)

Potato Tuber Problems ...(689kB)

Flee Beetle Problems ...(58kB)

How to make a Compost Bin ...(450kB)

Roundup (Weedkiller) Pocket Guide ...(1,827kB)

Other Useful Information

The Dig for Victory! campaign was instigated in Britain as soon as World War II started. The government realised that the population would go hungry if the war was to last longer than a few months. The result was that formal gardens, lawns and even sports pitches were transformed into allotments, large and small, and everybody on the home front was encouraged to become a vegetable gardener. The Dig for Victory Posters are still well known today........

Dig for Victory Poster 1 ...(1,726kB)

Dig for Victory Poster 2 ...(1,920kB)

Vegetable Planner Poster (A3) ...(672kB)

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Further Information

Can be obtained from the Site Manager who is available on site most mornings till about 12 noon, any committee member, or preferably in the first instance via email here....

Email: secretary@braa.co.uk

Email: webmaster@braa.co.uk

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Last updated 24th June 2010