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Answers to our Summer Quiz: 1. Millipede  2. Beans, peas  3. (b)  4. As a humus-maker  5. (b)  6. An espalier  7. Growing slow-growing and fast-growing plants alongside each other, to make good use of space, e.g. sweetcorn and lettuce  8. Club Root  9. Spinach  10. Nasturtium.

Answers to our Know your Soil Quiz: 1. (c)  2. (a)  3. (b)  4. (b) and (a) 5. (c) and (d), and (c) and (f)  6. (a)  7. (b)  8. (a), (b), (d), (e), (f)
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Spring Quiz

Round one - Albemarle Allotments

  1. Now named Isabela, this Island was originally named Albemarle Island for the Duke of Albemarle in 1684. It is the largest of the Galapagos Islands. Which country is it part of?

  2. When was Albemarle Allotments Association formed?
  3. The Metrolink line next to Albemarle Allotments used to be a railway line. Which doctor closed it in 1967?

  4. Philippa is the Chair of the Albemarle Allotments Committee. Does her name mean a) “lover of worms”, b) “lover of foxes” or c) "lover of horses"?
  5. The Albemarle Allotments site is a rectangle. What are the names of each road that is nearest and parallel to each side (north, south east and west) of Albemarle Allotments’ boundary?

  6. Albemarle Allotments shares its initials with the UK's largest breakdown organisation. What does AA stand for?

  7. Albemarle Allotments shares its initials with the Architectural Association. Which architect designed Manchester town hall?

  8. Albemarle Allotments shares its initials with the Australian Army. What is the capital of Australia?

  9. Which is the nearest pub to Albemarle Allotments?
  10. Which Albemarle Allotments plots are represented here? Write down the plot numbers
Round two – Growing stuff

  1. What is a love apple?

  2. Which herb is an anagram of ‘arrogant’?

  3. What name was given to the UK propaganda campaign during the Second World War encouraging the populace to grow their own vegetables?

  4. Name the evergreen hedge that has created many a neighbourly dispute?

  5. The Monkey Puzzle tree originates from which country?

  6. The RHS holds a flower show at Tatton Park, which is in what county?
  7. What colour rose is associated with Lancashire?

  8. What is the name of the art of sculpting hedges?

  9. Which king is traditionally credited with creating the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

  10. A beer trap can help control what type of pest?

Round three – Culture ‘n’ stuff

  1. Born in Cheetham Hill who wrote ‘The Secret Garden’?

  2. Name the cynical snail in The Magic Roundabout?

  3. Parsley the Lion starred in which children’s TV programme?

  4. Bill and Ben were flower pot men, but who was their herbaceous friend?

  5. ‘The Constant Gardener’ film of 2006 starred Ralph Fiennes. Name the character he played in the Harry Potter films.

  6. The Big Allotment Challenge on BBC. Name either the presenter, one of the experts or the location.

  7. Rosemary and Thyme TV detective series starred which two actresses?

  8. John Denver sang about “Homegrown Tomatoes". Which state is Denver the capital of?

  9. In which decade in the 20th century did an Act of Parliament introduce allotments to Britain?

  10. When is National Allotments Week 2015?

Round four – picture round. 10 points

Name the gardener (see pictures above)


ANSWERS

 Round one - Albemarle Allotments

  1. Ecuador
  2. 1977
  3. Dr (Richard) Beeching
  4. c) "lover of horses"
  5. Minehead Avenue, Dermot Murphy Close, Meltham Avenue and Cavendish Road (½ point per road)
  6. Automobile Association
  7. Alfred Waterhouse
  8. Canberra
  9. Old House at Home
  10. Erm… this question only works in the pub!
Round two – Growing stuff

  1. Old name for a tomato
  2. Tarragon
  3. Dig for Victory
  4. Leylandi

  5. Chile  

  6. Cheshire

  7. Red

  8. Topiary
  9. Nebuchadnezzar II
  10. Slugs and snails  

Round three – Culture ‘n’ stuff. 10 points

  1. Frances Hodgson Burnett
  2. Brian
  3. The Herbs

  4. Little Weed

  5. Lord Voldemort
  6. Fern Britton, former royal gardener Jim Buttress, international floral designer Jonathan Moseley, preserves queen and food author Thane Prince. Mapledurham
  7. Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris
  8. Colorado

  9. (1908) 1900-1909/ the Noughties
  10. 10 to 16 August 2015
Round four – picture round

  1. Monty Don
  2. Gertrude Jekyll
  3. Percy Thrower
  4. Alan Titchmarsh
  5. Diarmuid Gavin

  6. Geoffrey Smith
  7. Bob Flowerdew
  8. Charlie Dimmock
  9. Carol Klein
  10. Christine Walkden


Summer Quiz

Watch this space for our next quiz, and the answers to this one, in June.

1. Which of these is an enemy of the vegetable plot: spider, centipede, hedgehog, millipede?

2. What vegetables 'add' nitrogen to the soil as they grow?

3. Which of these apple trees is self-sterile and requires a pollination partner: (a) Sunset (b) Cox's Orange Pippin (c) Granny Smith?

4. Are spent hops best used as a fertilizer or a humus-maker?

5. Which of these plants can be used to make a powerful liquid fertilizer: (a) dandelion (b) comfrey (c) dock (d) nasturtium?

6. A fruit tree whose branches are trained to grow along horizontal lines against a wall is known
as _________________.

7. What is intercropping?

8. What enemy of the brassicas (cabbage, broccoli, kale, Brussels sprouts...) can contaminate soil for up to twenty years?

9. Which of these has the highest level of oxalic acid: spinach, kale, parsley, leaf beet?

10. What 'N' makes a good companion plant in the veg plot to act as a decoy and attract pests away from vegetable plants?

Answers to our February (Garden Visitors) Quiz: 1. Bullfinch  2. Dunnock  3. Great tit  4. Greenfinch  5. House sparrow  6. Sparrowhawk  7. Blackbird  8. Collared dove  9. Chaffinch  10. Long-tailed tit  11.Nuthatch 12.Woodpigeon

Know your Soil?

Watch this space for our next quiz, and the answers to this one, in April.


1.What short-term effect does fresh woody material (woodchip, sawdust) have, if dug into the soil?

(a) It enriches it with nitrogen

(b) It enriches it with phosphates

(c) It robs it of nitrogen

(d) It enriches it with potash

2. Which of these manures is generally considered best for conditioning light soils?

(a) Cattle manure

(b) Horse manure

(c) Green manure

and which is generally considered best for heavy soils, (a), (b), (c)?

3. What effect does regular fertilization eventually have on the soil?

(a) It makes it more alkaline

(b) It makes it more acid

4. Which of these nutrients is particularly important for growing root vegetables?

(a) Nitrogen

(b) Phosphates

(c) Potash

and which is particularly important for growing leaf vegetables, (a), (b) or (c)?

5. Which two of these humus-makers are the richest in nitrogen?

(a) Cattle manure

(b) Stable manure

(c) Poultry manure

(d) Green manure

(e) Leafmould

(f) Compost

and which two are the richest in phosphates, (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f)?

6. Do potatoes prefer (a) a slightly acid soil or (b) a slightly alkaline one?

Which do brassicas (cabbages, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, broccoli, kale..) prefer, (a) or (b)?

7. Which of these fertilizers is the richest in nitrogen?

  (a) Growmore

  (b) Dried blood

  (c) Bone meal

  (d) Fish meal

  8. Why lime? Choose the correct answer(s)

  (a) It corrects over-acidity

  (b) It improves soil structure

  (c) It is an all-round plant food

  (d) It checks some soil diseases

  (e) It discourages slugs and wireworms

  (f) It provides calcium

  (g) It protects against carrot fly

Answers to our January (Wildflower) Quiz: 1. Angelica  2. Dog-violet  3. Creeping Jenny  4. Herb-Robert  5. Welsh Poppy 6. Great Willowherb/ Hairy Willowherb  7. Cowslip  8. Chives  9. Borage  10. Field forget-me-not.


Can you name these garden visitors?

Watch this space for our next quiz, and the answers to this one, in March.
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Answers to our December (Birdsong) Quiz: 1. Blackbird  2. Greenfinch 3. Robin  4. Nuthatch.

Can you name these wildflowers?

Watch this space for our next quiz, and the answers to this one, in February.

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Can you name these birds from their songs?

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This is our first monthly wildlife quiz. Listen to the recordings, try to identify each of the four garden visitors below, and email their names to: albemarle13@yahoo.co.uk before 31 December. The first plot holder who names all four correctly will win a prize/voucher from the Albemarle shop, to mark the launch of our quiz.

Watch this space for our next quiz, and the answers to this one, in January.
Happy listening and good luck!

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