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New allotment OMG...Part 2...

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  • GWRS you can come join me and scroggin with the hot water flask for tea to go with the biscuits - so we can all get digging on my plot image

    Went to the plot today put the bird house back up and small bit of digging till got bit too cold 

    Hampshire Gardener
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Hello , got to plot this afternoon for a couple of hours , we had a really bad frost just before we went a way , so the main Dalia bed needed cutting down and mulching , still got some more to do , hoping to pop to plot again tomorrow 

    Gardengirl what about Virtual Tea ☕️ & biscuits ? image

  • GWRS that is ok tea and biscuits on here, but what about the digging

    Went to the plot today small bit of digging and then planting bulbs in bulb planter pots so I can move them after finished if not planted in right place - going to use some as cut flowers

    nice watching the birds around the plot

    Hampshire Gardener
  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267

    Hi you guys. Went to the allotment association meeting this evening. It went well. I'm going to attend the next one.

    Juries still out about being more active. I'd like to help develop a sense of community any suggestions you guys...

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  • Zoomer do you have a area like a shop or shed?  where you all can go have a drink

    What about any little bits around the site get planted up

    Bake sale, plant sale coffee morning,   Glad you liked the meeting and you can attend another

    Hampshire Gardener
  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267

    We don't have a shop but do have a picnic area and bar b cue. 

    A plant sale and coffee morning sound good, we are a member of a national Allotment association and can get discount seeds from some companies there maybe other benefits , I'd like to progress that. 

  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Zoomer , one year we got free trees ? from woodland trust to plant in hedgerows , lots of people help , Also once a year a general tidy up 

    If you have a vacant plot , see if a school wants it ?

  • Zoomer Plant swap, B&Q wastage scheme which lets allotments in , our allotment does raffles

    Went to the tip with some garden waste from the allotment as at min have to go past the tip all the time to get to the allotment site

    Someone over night has fly tipped a pile of manly garden waste but big stuff, onto a plot which has not been really worked yet and some on the road must of been a lorry tipper what a mess

    Hampshire Gardener
  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267

    The boundary fence is always in need of new hedging, contacting the woodland trust is a good idea.

    Gg. What is the B&Q wastage scheme?

    Can't believe the cheek of people fly tipping. Someone left a Formica work top outside my plot.

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