Sounds like this definitely deserves a date in our diaries, however busy they are at this time of year.
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The winter months ahead will give us the chance to improve our existing Links Page. If you have not looked at it recently, it continues to grow – and hopefully become more useful
Feel free to browse – or better still please suggest sites to add by way of improvement.
I am delighted to report that the Allotment Market Stall Project has had a very successful season. The project seeks to sell surplus allotment site produce to the public, so spreading the benefits of good, local food growing to the wider community. This year TAMS sold almost £1000 of veggies over the summer weeks – a magnificent effort.
Here is an extract from the thank you letter we received from the TAMS team:
Dear Garthdee Field Allotment Gardeners
Thank you for participating in the Allotment Market Stall in 2014. It has been an excellent season and the stall in Duthie Park was very successful. It would not have been possible without your input in preparing the produce for collection and in volunteering on the stall. We would very much appreciate feedback on how we can improve operations for next season.
Thanks to a small Lottery grant to cover running costs and the partnerships with ACC, the unpaid work scheme and CFINE we are able to redistribute all the proceeds from sales of produce.
In terms of total weights, over the 10 weeks we collected 1005kg of produce, sold 816kg, donated 146kg and composted 43kg. An excellent achievement for all those concerned as it represents an improvement in access to locally grown fruit and vegetables, a reduction in waste, a reduction in food miles and contributes to an improvement in healthy eating.
We are in the process of writing up a full report on the operations in 2014 in preparation for the 2015 season and will make it available as soon as we can.
The return from TAMS to GFAA this season has totalled to over £140. I want to offer my congratulations and thanks to all who contributed to this magnificent community effort and to the TAMS team for making this possible.
The Allotment Market Stall has made a great start to the new season as their summary progress report makes clear. (Allotment Site Feedback Summary after 5 weeks).
Juliette Camburn, from the It’s Your Neighbourhood Campaign has been kind enough to send us a PDF copy of their IYN August newsletter.
You will find articles on:
· The Dundee Flower & Food festival and the Beautiful Scotland award Ceremony
· Funding – free advice available for applying for funds
· Vandalism – one groups’ experience and how they tackled it
· Ways to engage with your community
· Tips on wildlife gardening
· And a Clean Up Scotland update – lots of activities to get involved with.
I have just come across Martina’s Three Part Guide to Composting over on the Recycle for Aberdeen blog. Martina provides a very useful beginner’s guide to the hows and whys of composting.
Part 1 covers the benefits of composting and suitable compost bins.
Part 2 deals with how to feed your compost bin with the right balance of ingredients, combining Green/Wet and Brown/Dry materials.
Part 3 tells you when and how to use your compost and offers a troubleshooting guide if things go wrong.
Composting our green and brown waste is a great way of getting a soil improver free and helps us do our bit to make Aberdeen a little greener by cutting the use of landfill.
