We don’t often link to other people’s sites around here, but this item on plotters from the Guardian is well worth a look and great fun to boot. Looks like these plotters would fit right in around here!
Author: Norman Page 46 of 66
it was great fun today joining the Macmillan team as they started work fencing off their plot and super to see the progress they have made this year.
GFAA were part of a Council group at the Duthie Park representing Aberdeen City in the Britain in Bloom competition today. Along with a dozen or so other organisations we were invited along to evidence gardening activities in the City. The judges were very interested to hear of the development of the Primary Plot, our activities with RGU, the planting up of the South Bank and our losing battles with the deer.
The slugs may be decimating our strawberries, the Diamond Moths ruining our brassicas, the pigeons scoffing our peas and the lack of sun making our courgettes sulk, but we plotters can always find something to make us smile.
Thanks to Vinny for this one. Other odd veggie photos may well be available – in which case, let’s have them please. I may regret where this will take us!
Gordon picked a pretty hot day for his first visit onsite as a Volunteer Member of GFAA, but that did not stop him putting in a full shift for us.
Gordon is a keen gardener at home in Portlethen and had six years experience of volunteering with a gardening project near Gourdon, which unfortunately closed down recently. Gordon will be helping us with general site maintenance on Tuesdays from now on.
We had a great turnout for today’s Community Sunday and so managed to get an amazing amount done. Thanks to everyone who turned out, and apologies to Helen and Peter who somehow managed to avoid getting into any of the pictures.
Big efforts went into building up the southern pathway, strimming, weeding, litter collection and of course, cake eating.
The good news was we got a whole lot of important work done: the bad news is that following our success on restoring the southern pathway, Stuart has decided we should tender for building the final phase of the Western Peripheral Road.