Sadly our longest serving plotter Frank Laird passed away on Tuesday 19th July. Frank started at Garthdee allotments in 1968 on Plot 26. Frank was well respected at the allotment and always had a friendly greeting for other plotters. As you might guess he accumulated a lot of helpful information regarding growing vegetables which he readily shared with other plotters. Our sympathies go to his wife Peggy and family.
The slugs may be decimating our strawberries, the Diamond Moths ruining our brassicas, the pigeons scoffing our peas and the lack of sun making our courgettes sulk, but we plotters can always find something to make us smile.
Thanks to Vinny for this one. Other odd veggie photos may well be available – in which case, let’s have them please. I may regret where this will take us!
Gordon picked a pretty hot day for his first visit onsite as a Volunteer Member of GFAA, but that did not stop him putting in a full shift for us.
Gordon is a keen gardener at home in Portlethen and had six years experience of volunteering with a gardening project near Gourdon, which unfortunately closed down recently. Gordon will be helping us with general site maintenance on Tuesdays from now on.
We continue to attract volunteer helpers on the GFAA site. The latest is Magda Borek.
Magda learned her gardening first in her native Poland, working alongside her Grandmother. She will offer any help she can around our site, but will be pleased to hear from any plotter needing a hand to look after their plot. In the meantime Madga will be helping out with site maintenance, working a patch on Plot 81 and a vacant raised bed down by the Orchard. I am sure we will all offer her a big welcome to GFAA.
I bumped into Sandy heading home on Saturday with this wonderful days crop. He tells me these are Marsh Mellow and he thinks this has been one of the best ever years for strawberries. These certainly look marvellous.
Our Kaimhill Primary 2 visitors got a drooking coming along the Deeside Line this afternoon and had to turn back and abandon their visit. What a shame. :-(
However, Mrs Rough brought along Irene and Kelsey to present us with a lovely set of thank you letters and a very special present – the GFAA Site Owl. I think you will agree it’s rather special.
We have hosted over a dozen Kaimhill Primary visits this season and all of them have been a pleasure. We look forward to welcoming more again in the coming session.
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