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GREEN DRIVE

LANGLEY

How To Find Us

Off Trelawney Avenue near Langley Library.  Green Drive is not a road.  Take the path near the zebra crossing to the right hand side of the church.  Nearest postcode SL3 8RY. No vehicle access.

Number of Plots

12

SAF Site Reps

Lea Metcalfe – Plot 11 - allotmentlea@gmail.com

Local Society

No

Site Facilities

Toilets

No

Car Parking

No vehicle access to Green Drive

Water Facilities

Piped tank system.  No hose pipes allowed.

Trading Hut

No

Raised Beds for Disabled

No

Tool Sheds to Hire

No

Current Vacancies/Waiting List

(Updated from Slough Borough Council information)

Waiting List

TBC

 

Vacant Plots

TBC

 

 

Exciting news for those on the waiting list for Green Drive, after some investigating and emails I as the site Representative have some keen growers looking forward to getting news about some growing space.
It is going to be happening soon, I admit October has been and gone far too quickly and I didn't keep up with my plans and intentions. Sorry peeps.
It is hard work to clear a patch, requires back breaking effort and long hours.
It is not like Rosemary & Thyme (the TV series) of pottering around and it all falling into place. You have to keep at it all year round, that means in the rain or scorching sun, Summer and less often in the Winter.
The links below offer easier ways to gain success on your plot from starting out on a weed infested patch to taking home some food fresh for the plate.
On the Green Drive Allotments where the endangered wildlife to the urban fox and the lesser spotted digger seldom cross paths, I as the site rep would like to encourage Organic ways of growing your food and chemical free means of keeping pests at bay.
Not only to preserve the endangered wildlife but also to help us humans stay healthy as well as the planet and perhaps to educate those around us who seem not to bother.


No Dig plots  &  No Dig method
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Square foot gardening UK

Chemical Free Pest Control
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Growing your own fruit and veg Vegetable/fruit Good varieties          Typical purchase price          Expected yield              Cost of homegrown vegetable/fruit           Supermarket cost               Saving
      Cucumber 'Marketmore'                                                                                  £1.50 a plant                              30-40 fruits per plant                    5p each                                           43p each                        38p a cucumber
Tomatoes 'Gardener’s Delight'                                                                             £1.50 a plant                              3kg a plant                                       50p a kg                                         £2.48 a kg                             £1.98 a kg   Courgettes 'Defender'                                                                                      £1.50 a plant                            30 courgettes a plant                         5p each                                           39p each                      34p a courgette Mangetout 'Delikata'                                                                               £2.50 for a packet of seed                 3kg a square metre                         83p a kg                                      £7 a kg                                      £6.17 a kg
Carrots 'Early Nantes'                                                                          £1.50 for a packet of seed                  Up to 6kg a square metre                25p a kg                                    £0.61 a kg                               £0.36 a kg
Baby leaf salads Choose a mix                                                         £2 for a packet of seed 
                      Two to six bags of salad                    33p-£1 a picking                  £1.47 for a 125g bag           47p-£1.14 a picking   
(check you like all the ingredients)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Strawberries 'Elsanta'                                                                            £1-£1.50 a plant                               2kg from six plants                           £3-£4.50 a kg                              £5.33 a kg                                   83p a kg
Raspberries 'Autumn Bliss'                                                                     £1-£2                                               2kg per bush each year                                 50p-£1 a kg                             £13 a kg                           £12-£12.5 a kg 

  The above are really old prices, this means even better savings are to be made now in 2018/19 as fuel and Brexit puts the boot in.
It doesn't take a huge space to grow enough for even a few portions a week for all the family.
​As a community of growers there are often gluts of one veg or another so it is possible to swap around. 

I would like to keep Green Drive allotment growers informed of what is planned but as yet there is no group going.
​I also as the site rep have plans to get the plots used and worked better, watch this space!
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