Garthdee Allotments

Grow Greener with Garthdee Field Allotments Association

Treasure Trove Found

After 26 years of digging, I finally unearthed treasure on the plot!
It looked like a coin all encrusted in grunge. Perhaps it would be a Roman coin?
After a few scrapes and scrubs the treasure turned out to be a humble halfpenny with George VI on one side and a sailing ship on the other. But the date was auspicious – 1942 the year I was born – so I’m keeping the humble halfpenny as a good luck token!
Lucky?

Lucky?

Just reward after 26 years of digging!

Just reward after 26 years of digging!

Stuart

Rubbish Skip and Bonfire Weekend

Just a reminder that a skip will be available on site over this w/e at the front car-parking area beside Garthdee Road. Metal should be placed at the side of the skip – not inside. We expect the skip/trailer to be delivered between 12-30 and 3-30pm this Friday and it will be uplifted on Monday morning.
A good opportunity to get rid of unwanted carpets and corrugated-iron!
We are planning a bonfire on Saturday so make sure any unwanted wood is placed at the top car-park. No need to put wood in the skip.
If you have a spare moment to help with collection and removal of any rubbish into the skip please give us a hand on Saturday or Sunday.
Please don’t overload the skip/trailer.
Thanks,
Stuart

Shed Available

SHED FOR FREE     
6’x4′ TIN SHED (Slight Damage)
FREE TO UPLIFT
ALSO WOODEN BASE FOR SHED – MAYBE FREE
CONTACT FRANK YEATS
 
GFAA

Bonfire May 2014

By popular demand we will have another bonfire at the allotment to give everyone a last opportunity to get rid of unwanted wood and old rasp canes etc. Please place any woody items at the top end of the site next to the old Deeside railway line beside the car-park. A small pile of material has already been placed there. We will have the bonfire on Saturday 31st May around midday.
After the bonfire, please do not deposit any material in that area.
Stuart

Gardening Scotland 2014

Gardening Scotland Show The Royal Highland Centre Edinburgh Friday May 30 to Sunday June 1 2014.

Here’s what the organisers promise:

“The national gardening and outdoor living show returns this summer bringing with it everything you need to transform your plot, whatever its size or style.

Gardening Scotland 2014

Gardening Scotland 2014

The show combines the biggest and best plant fayre in the country with a line-up of experts ready to give advice on all questions about growing and gardening.

Dozens of top nurseries from across the UK will fill the New Hopetoun Gardens Floral Hall with impressive floral displays and they’ll be selling the sorts of top quality and often very rare plants that just can’t be found anywhere else.

Along The David Wilson Homes Show Garden Avenue, leading designers will be creating inspirational gardens, filled with great ideas to recreate at home and there will be expert advice from members of both The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society and the RHS.

In total more than 400 exhibitors will take part, selling everything from tools and fashionable garden furniture to pots, plants and all the accessories you need for a beautiful garden.

The show takes place from Friday, 30 May until Sunday, 1 June at The Royal Highland Centre Edinburgh and it is a great day out for everyone, from novice gardeners to those with green fingers.”

Tickets can be bought in advance and at a discount.

RGU Plot Update

Our relationship with The Robert Gordon University and its Student Association continues to flourish. The Student Plot took a major step forward in the last week or so with the delivery of 100 tons of topsoil to raise its level and help with water-logging.

Green-fingers to the fore...

Green-fingers to the fore…

This weekend some of the student team were hard at work creating beds in preparation for sowing and planting.  We all know just how much work is involved in taking over a new plot and wish them well for the future. They are off to a flying start.

Further information on the RGU students’ sustainable community garden project is available on the RGU website.

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