Grow Greener with Garthdee Field Allotments Association

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Putting our Backs into Bulb Planting

Thanks to a good turnout of willing volunteers we completed the planting of the 2000 bulbs kindly donated through the City Council this weekend.

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Janice and Vinnie – brains and brawn – always a good combination!

It was a crisp, if not actually cold day, and this helped spur us on to complete the task in a couple of hours or less.

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Rod (new to Plot 45) and Sylvia practise their new routine for Strictly.

This week we dispensed with the specialised bulb planting tools and made much faster progress with spades and forks.

Dave and Agnes (New to their micro-plot) give Stuart a hand.

Dave and Agnes (New to their micro-plot) give Stuart a hand.

Once finished we retreated to the Bothy for a well-earned cup of tea and cake – young and old!

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Thanks to all who answered the call (including Frank who I failed to get on film) and made short work of the planting. Roll on Spring and what we all hope will be a welcome burst of colour around the site to welcome in another growing season.

 

Bare Faced Cheek!

I had noticed for a few weeks that something or somebody was chomping its way through the remains of my chard, but late this afternoon we arrived in time to catch the culprit in the act.

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He/She stood her ground for a few moments before showing off her effortless hurdling skills over the fences between the plots: I finally caught this photo as she arrived at Michael’s plot up by the railway line.

Can anyone throw any light on the species and gender?

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Shiona was quick enough to snap this visitor to her plot – clearly popped in just to admire the flowers on Plot 71a.

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Ross Young

Ross Young

Ross Young

I had an interesting visit from Ross Young this week. Ross completed his first degree at Abertay University a couple of years ago and is about to start his PHD at the University of Aberdeen in September. He will study aspects of urban food production and was keen to visit Garthdee Field as one of a number of visits he is making to map examples of local food production sites in and around the city. His studies may focus on the sociological and community aspects of food growing and their contribution to health and well-being.

Ross’s interests in food growing are practical as well as academic: he is a keen gardener with a thriving veggie patch and greenhouse at his family home. Now he will be moving to Aberdeen to work on his PHD he is keen to find a plot he can work on. He is interested in putting his name down for a plot, but in the meantime would be happy to help out on an existing plot as an extra pair of hands.

Ross hopes to stay in touch with us at GFAA and so if you see him about please say hello: if you can take up his offer of help on your plot you can get in touch via me in the first instance.

Before he left Ross took some photos around our site. I think you will agree he has a real eye for a photo.

Stunning Sunflower

Stunning Sunflower

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Perfect Day

 

 

Free the Garthdee 2

Fellow plotters will be appalled to hear of the incarceration of these two innocents on one of our plots.

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Tweedledum

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Tweedledee

 

Worse still, they are being used as forced labour in a brassica protection racket. Are there no lengths to which some people will not stoop?  The relevant authorities have been informed.

Mr Fox comes to call…

When working her plot on Thursday last, Rhona spotted this visitor. While many have reported seeing foxes around our site, Rhona was quick enough with her phone camera to catch this shot:

Look who's dropped by

Look who’s dropped by

Foxes are much more common visitors to open areas and gardens in our cities than they used to be, but need not be a cause for alarm – they are very rarely aggressive unless cornered and provoked. One of the benefits of a large allotment site is the space it provides for wildlife, although some visitors are a lot less welcome than others! The RSPCA has advice on being around foxes on their website.

More Foxy Facts

Urban foxes: the facts and the fiction The Guardian

The Fox Website

 

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