How do you fancy taking on a plot looking like this?
Not for the faint-hearted eh? Luckily, cometh the hour, cometh – Raymond the Jungle Tamer. Just look at what Raymond (Domeracki) has achieved on Plot 95A in just a few months and during the worst winter weeks since 2010.
Congratulations Raymond – what a fantastic effort!
Oh boy. I know it’s early in the year but I think we can be pretty sure that the 2018 Award for Most Intrepid Plotters will go to Sepi and Arshia after they were spotted this week enjoying their impromptu BBQ. By the way, could somebody please organise a quick whip-round to get them both a pair of gloves?
Our Community Sundays seem to go from strength to strength. Todays was a proper tonic. It was great to see so many plotters and volunteers join us. We had so many willing hands we were able to set up three work squads. As a result, we managed to fill all of the potholes around the site, complete the planting of the 2000 Spring bulbs the Council gifted us, set about a big tidy up of the wood chip pile and the top carpark and collect all the leaves from along the Western perimeter fence. What a magnificent effort! Many, many thanks are due to all who found the time to attend.
Photo Credit: Kay Marshall
Photo Credit: Kay Marshall
Thanks too, to all who contributed savouries and cakes for the coffee and cake session. We had a wonderful spread and time for a right good natter. It was good to catch up and to see new plotters swapping ideas with old lags – sorry hands – and these exchanges can only help set us up for an even more successful growing season ahead. As always, this will be the last of our Community Sundays for the year: there will not be a December meet. Watch out for the first of the new season dates, however, and we will hope to see you there.
Thanks again for all your efforts, Stuart.
I want to thank everyone who turned up to make our AGM and General Meeting such successes today. I am still buzzing with the ideas raised in discussions. Or perhaps it’s from the free-flowing prosecco!
It was wonderful to see so many there and to get such positive messages and suggestions. Wonderful too to get the two vacant places on our Committee filled with willing nominees from the floor. My thanks and congratulations to Alex and Gillie.
Special thanks go to Bruce for his very interesting talk, Soil: and how to improve it. We hope to get a copy online in the next week or so for the benefit of those you could not make it along today.
Thanks too to Michael and Jacqui for the excellent cakes. I expect we will see them on Britain’s got Baking Talent next year. So, thanks again everyone. Clearly, we are going to need a bigger room from now on!
Stuart
Our GFAA AGM will be held this Saturday at 11.00 on the RGU Campus. The short formal AGM will be followed by an informal General Meeting that will include a talk by Bruce Taylor from Plot 79 entitled, “Soil Health and how to Improve it”. Bruce has just finished a Masters Degree in Soil Science and has recent approaches and practical experiences to share.
We have moved this AGM to this new time on a Saturday to avoid dragging plotters out on cold, wet, dark evenings as before and are hoping for a big turnout.
See details below.
It is with great pleasure that I can tell all GFAA members, volunteers and friends that at the recent Britain in Bloom hosted, It’s Your Neighbourhood Awards Day, GFAA were awarded an Outstanding Level Award and, better still, our first Certificate of Distinction. Gill and Phil attended the event on our behalf.
Our IYN Assessors, Ian and Sandra Maclennan, were full of praise and warm words for your efforts and achievements over the season. A copy of their Garthdee Field Allotments Association 2017 report is attached. The Evening Express Coverage was very positive about GFAA.
We are obviously delighted with this success and I want to thank all who contributed to the effort over the year. It’s been a super season on so many fronts, but nothing could be done without the continued support of plotters, volunteers and friends.
We are planning to share congratulations and celebrations at our up-coming AGM and General Meeting on Saturday 4 November at 11.00am at RGU Riverside East Building Room 346. I hope we will have a really big turnout. Everyone is welcome. We want your help to set directions and priorities for the coming year.
With best wishes, Stuart.
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