Our new It’s Your Neighbourhood (IYN) Assessors, Ian and Sandra visited this week. It was a pleasure to meet them and to show them around our site.
I’ve got to say Garthdee Field was looking wonderful for the visit. Thanks go to all who contributed to getting the site into the best possible shape for the visit. It will be a week or more before we get feedback on the assessment, but whatever the outcome, I am sure everyone did their very best to present our site at its best.
Today’s Community Sunday saw our best ever turnout with plotters, volunteers and friends from the Macmillan and RGU plots all well represented. As a result we got a bucketload of tasks done on the wider site.
Sincere thanks to everyone who made it along and turned in such a wonderful team effort and to the bakers for the affa fine cakes. Gold medals all round!
We have our It’s Your Neighbourhood Competition assessment visit on August 18. All GFAA members are invited along on the day to meet with our assessors. We are hoping for a record turnout of plotters. Please come along if you can manage.
We have a power of work to do to have the site ship-shape for the visit and so we plan to have an extra Community Sunday session this coming Sunday – August 14 at 11.00 – 12.30. As usual it will be all hands to the wheel with good company to get things done and then a coffee and cake session at the Bothy to celebrate a job well done.
Please come along and help if you can spare the time.
I came across Sandy about to head home with this splendid cauliflower.
As I said to him, he is going to need a lot more cheese to go with this one!
Sadly our longest serving plotter Frank Laird passed away on Tuesday 19th July. Frank started at Garthdee allotments in 1968 on Plot 26. Frank was well respected at the allotment and always had a friendly greeting for other plotters. As you might guess he accumulated a lot of helpful information regarding growing vegetables which he readily shared with other plotters. Our sympathies go to his wife Peggy and family.
TAMS is now open for business for the new season! In case you have forgotten, TAMS – The Allotment Market Stall – is a charity that collects surplus produce from allotment sites and sells them at stalls in and around the city, returning any profit to the providing allotment associations. Last year we made well over £100 for our funds via TAMS.
TAMS collects from our site on Thursday of each week. If you would like to donate please leave your contributions in the containers provided outside the Bothy by Thursday lunchtime. If you can’t get down to your plot at that time, let Norman or me know and we will collect the materials for you and pass them on. Please be specific as to what we should take.
Tip! Apparently rhubarb is a big seller. Perhaps you have some going spare? Let us know and we will collect and pass it on for you.
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