Grow Greener with Garthdee Field Allotments Association

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Free Shelving Units

Roll up, roll up! First Come, first served. Form an orderly queue please!

GFAA have been gifted a number of industrial shelving units. We need to thank Murray from SANMAC, the company concerned, and Keith Slater who facilitated matters and transported the units to Garthdee Field for us.

The units are tall as you can see, made of metal and designed to last a lifetime. the shelves are adjustable. Obviously, they are pre-loved, as they say today. If you have a Container they will fit height-wise and of course they can be cut down in height if necessary. They are likely to be especially useful for plotters with Containers, metal or plastic sheds – but they are on offer to any and all.

If you are interested, register your interest in a comment below or text or phone Norman on 07702127346. They are free, but if once you see them, you feel a donation to GFAA funds is appropriate, then such a gesture will be much appreciated.

The volunteer squad will be pleased to deliver to your plot and cut them to size if necessary.

As I said, first come first served! We have about 10 units.

Get busy buzzing in the new year

Thanks go to Sepi on Plot 85 for suggesting this post.

This beekeeping course is offered by Aberdeen and District Beekeepers’ Association. Further information on the Council’s Beekeeping policy is available via the Advice Link above. Plotters are advised to check with Pat Wilson first if they are thinking of getting into beekeeping on site.

Introducing Rory Raitt

We met Rory on his first visit on site today.

Rory is a professional photographer here in Aberdeen and is interested in using Garthdee Field as the focus for a Photo Essay with the intention of celebrating allotments as important green spaces.

I am sure all plotters will give Rory a warm Garthdee welcome when he is next on site. But don’t pester him too much for portraits of your prize parsnips!

New Dobies Catalogue and Code

Autumn’s here and so is the new Dobies’ Seed Catalogue. Copies are now available in the Octagon.

New plotters may not be aware that GFAA is a member of the Dobies’ Group Scheme. Under this scheme, GFAA plotters get a 40% discount on all seeds ordered by post, online or by telephone, or 10% on all other non-seed orders. (Please note this is Dobies with one “b” and not Dobbies – the garden centre with the local branch in Aberdeen.

To get the discount you must quote the unique to GFAA code when you place your order. Forget to use the code as you order and no discount is possible. The current code is available with the catalogues in the Octagon. Past codes will no longer work. If you can’t get by the Octagon, but want to order online, drop me an email and I will send the code by return (gfaawebhelper@gmail.com.)

GFAA gets a payment of 10% of all orders placed for our funds, making this a win-win for plotters and the Association. Orders go directly to your home address in individual deliveries. What’s not to like?

Dobies Group Scheme Bonus

GFAA funds have benefited to the tune of £30.87 from our Dobies bonus payment for the season ending September 2019. That is a wee bit down on last year, but still makes a welcome contribution to our funds: you know what they say – every little helps.

Please note that our new catalogues and plotter’s discount code will be issued in the next few weeks, but in the meantime the old code will NOT work. Please wait for the issue of the new code before ordering.

Next year will be the third year we have been members of the scheme. The arrangements are the same. Plotters receive a 40% discount on all seed orders and 10% on other items bought and GFAA get a 10% bonus payment on the total value of the orders placed.

Seed Swapping – online

Michael Knight got in touch recently asking is anyone would be interested in joining a free to use an online seed swap website he has developed.

Sounds like a good idea? Check it out for yourselves via the link above.

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