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With the help of Stephanie Morrison from RGU, GFAA have been in discussions with HMP Grampian about possible areas of mutual interest and benefit. These discussions have now borne first fruit with the creation of a fine set of benches and footstools built for us from reclaimed timber in the Peterhead workshops.
There are two three-seater and one two-seater bench in the set, matching footrests and a splendid Japanese-style Pergola to match. Together they will make splendid additions to our site – both decorative and functional.
Thanks also go to Andy from RGU who was good enough to offer his van and time with Stuart to pick up the set from Peterhead and deliver them on site.
The items are now housed in the polytunnel awaiting painting. If any plotter is able to spare some time to help with this please see Stuart in the first instance.
Thanks go again to Stephanie, Andy, and all those at RGU and HMP Grampian for their help in getting this project underway. We look forward to further developments in the New Year.
We are pleased to welcome Graham to our growing band of volunteers on site. Graham is local to Garthdee and found us through our involvement with ACVO.
Graham is now a regular on site, having visited a couple of times most weeks for the last couple of months. He has not yet decided if he will want a plot of his own, but Graham is happy to help out with site maintenance, tidying up around the trees, moving wood chips, repairing paths and lately, raking up leaves.
If you see Graham about on site, please come over and say hello. Or, if you have a project in mind on your plot you would like him to help with, please get in touch.
Today’s Community Sunday was perhaps the wettest on record, but the team stuck valiantly to their tasks of raking leaves from the orchard and filling some of the new potholes before retiring to the Bothy for well deserved coffee and cake.
Thanks to Alex and Stuart for doing the honours with the photos and to Marion for sharing her excellent birthday cake!
There is no December date set, but we are expecting to take delivery of 2000 bulbs from the Council, so do watch out for an announcement about their allocation for planting.
Today’s Community Sunday top task was to move several tons of old wood chips to make room for incoming leaves from the Council. Big job, so who you gonna’ call? Well, the New Woman’s Land Army of course.
Now, we are not saying that a few burly blokes would not have come in handy, but as they were obviously away getting some beers in before the Scotland-Australia Match, the girls did just great.
We finished just in time to head for the bothy and some excellent Kale Pesto flan, and Apple Cake (Gill and Jacqui promise the recipes soon).
Apologies to Gwen and Silvia for failing to get a photo of them, but thanks go to one and all for a truly magnificent effort.
If you missed out this time, put our next Community Sunday date in your diary now – 15 November.









