SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER  

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
 

Sunday 22ndSept 12 - 2 Barn discussion & Lunch Come along and discuss jobs for the Autumn.  Followed by delicious home-made soups, bread, and cakes.
 
Friday 4thOctober 2pm Bridge Bridge players and beginners welcome.  Teaching provided. Or just come along and watch to learn.
 
Sunday 6thOctober 10.30am Maintenance Working Party The maintenance team have been busy improving the main track from Montenotte Rd. Help needed with laying down more hardcore.  Please help for an hour or more if you can.
 
Wed 9thOctober 10.30 – 12.00
 		 Café at the Barn Come along for tea, coffee and cakes and a warm fire (if summer has ended!)
Tues 15thOctober 10.30am
 		 Bridge Bridge players and beginners welcome.  Teaching provided. Or just come along and watch to learn.
 
Sunday 27thOctober 12-2 Barn discussion and lunch Come along and discuss more jobs for the Autumn! And getting your plot ready for winter.  Followed by delicious home-made soups, bread, and cakes.
 
Sunday 17thNovember 12-2 Winter Warmer Our annual winter warmer gathering, lots of jams, preserves, cakes, etc. Seed swap and much more.  Save the date!
 
Sunday 9th Feb 2025 Potato Day More information to follow shorty.

 
 
BONFIRE BAN
 
Following discussions at recent AGMs, the Committee has taken the decision to ban bonfires across the site.  We have taken this decision now because: 

  1. the evidence that burning is harmful both for the environment and human health is compelling;
  2. we have now established an alternative to burning on site by creating a successful communal composting area where tenants can take their excess green and woody waste, and 
  3. we are acting in line with an increasing number of allotment sites and Councils that have already introduced bans.

 We may consider controlled communal bonfires in designated areas on the site on specific days, with instructions of what will and will not be permissible to burn, subject to any regulations issued by Haringey Council.
 
This ban applies to both open bonfires and incinerators.  
 
If you have any questions please send them to info@ 
 
HAVE YOU GOT RUBBISH ON YOUR PLOT TO GET RID OF?
 
Beth Brown has kindly offered to be a point of contact for plot holders who want to join forces and organise a communal rubbish removal.  She will help coordinate a licensed rubbish collector through the website LoveJunk.
 
OPENING UP THE BARN
 
We would like to trial opening the Barn on a more ad-hoc basis for people who want to pop in and have a place to drink their tea and coffee.  If you’d like to help with making this work please get in touch through info@
 
LOCAL EVENTS
 
Muswell Hill Autumn Show on Saturday, 21st September at 3pm at North Bank Pages Lane, N10 
 
Highgate Horticultural Show on Sunday 29 September at 2.00pm- at United Reform Church South Grove, Highgate N6  

SHA Committee
September 2024

16:31, 23 Sep 2024 by Website Admin