Oh boy. I know it’s early in the year but I think we can be pretty sure that the 2018 Award for Most Intrepid Plotters will go to Sepi and Arshia after they were spotted this week enjoying their impromptu BBQ. By the way, could somebody please organise a quick whip-round to get them both a pair of gloves?
The volunteer squad were passing Tuesday past when we spotted this plot.
It turns out it belonged to Bill Noble and unfortunately, he has decided it’s time to give up the plot after many, many years with us and move on to follow other interests. As you can see Bill was very traditional in his methods, digging his plot from end to end back to black earth over the winter months. He was also, of course, an exceptionally successful gardener.
We will all be sorry to see Bill leave, but want to wish him all the best in the future. All the best too, to whoever takes over the plot.
Our Community Sundays seem to go from strength to strength. Todays was a proper tonic. It was great to see so many plotters and volunteers join us. We had so many willing hands we were able to set up three work squads. As a result, we managed to fill all of the potholes around the site, complete the planting of the 2000 Spring bulbs the Council gifted us, set about a big tidy up of the wood chip pile and the top carpark and collect all the leaves from along the Western perimeter fence. What a magnificent effort! Many, many thanks are due to all who found the time to attend.
Photo Credit: Kay Marshall
Photo Credit: Kay Marshall
Thanks too, to all who contributed savouries and cakes for the coffee and cake session. We had a wonderful spread and time for a right good natter. It was good to catch up and to see new plotters swapping ideas with old lags – sorry hands – and these exchanges can only help set us up for an even more successful growing season ahead. As always, this will be the last of our Community Sundays for the year: there will not be a December meet. Watch out for the first of the new season dates, however, and we will hope to see you there.
Thanks again for all your efforts, Stuart.
I’d like to thank everyone who turned out to help on yesterday’s Community Sunday, plotters and friends from RGU and MacMillan – indeed even Mr Toad Jnr! With so many hands available we got through a tonne of tasks and the new style General Meeting generated all sorts of good ideas for funding, better gardening and wider community engagement. It was super to see so many old hands and new faces on the day. Thanks to all who managed along and for the bakers and makers who produced such a wonderful spread for the coffee and cake session.
Stuart
This coming Sunday – 16 July – is Community Sunday. We are hoping for a good turnout of plotters as it is one of the last before our annual, It’s Your Neighbourhood Assessment Visit. We want to get the site into good shape.
We will follow the usual format, starting at 11.00 and stopping for coffee and cake at 12.30 or so. However, as a wee experiment we are planning to hold a General Meeting at the same time. The purpose of the General Meeting is to gather plotters’ views on priorities and issues of current concern and for the future.
We hope this will be a convenient arrangement for plotters and will help improve communication within the Association. I look forward to seeing you you on the day.
We hoped Miss Rennie’s Primary 4/5 Class would rise to the biodiversity treasure hunt challenge and find it fun: and of course they did not disappoint.
Getting to the big message, but where are the boys?
Ah, there they are…
So what’s the big message?
Did we have fun? We sure did!
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