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Compost Delivery

Posted in Events, Notices, Sales, Services on 7th Apr 2015|

Hi all,  at around 2pm tomorrow (Wednesday 8th April), there will be a delivery of 2 pallet loads of bags of compost which we need to move into the association hut.  If you are around or can make yourselves available for half an hour to help move it it would be greatly appreciated.  Please help if you can.  Thanks.  The Committee.

Thanks to  Pete Eady, Chris Skinner, John Gallagher, Pete Grove, the others who arrived but were late because the delivery came early and the committee for turning up and unloading over two and a half tons of stuff.

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Learn To Grow Courses On Offer.

Posted in How To, Services on 26th Mar 2015|

For the information and possible assistance of our newer members, and those of us who have never really had a clue, click the link below.

Learn to grow

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COMPOST SALES 2015

Posted in Sales, Services on 23rd Mar 2015|

We are expecting a delivery of new stock in the next couple of weeks.  Any helping hands to unload the lorry will be appreciated, we will notify when the delivery is expected.

We are able this year to maintain the same prices as last year, they are as follows.

  • Mother Earth compost 70 litres £3.90 per bag.
  • Growell Multi Purpose compost 60 litres  £4.50 per bag.
  • Growmore Granular feed 25 Kg £14.80
  • Growell Grow Bags 40 litres  (4 plant)   £2.60
  • 8ft Canes £0.40p each.

Please note the Association doesn’t make any profit on these sales we just aim to cover the order costs.

There will be an  increase in costs of the grow bags after the present stock runs out as they have increased this year.

Please contact  Steve Yorke or Jackie Medcalf for sales.  Steve Williams and Steve Medcalf also have access to stock and can generally be found on the garden behind the association hut.

Pre orders taken via text or call to Jackie’s mobile 07931 950950.

CASH/ CHEQUE ONLY (correct monies where possible please)

SORRY NO CREDIT !

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Butterfly / Bird Netting

Posted in Sales, Services on 17th Mar 2015| Leave a Comment »

One of the members asked me to look at butterfly / bird netting for him.  I have found what appears to be a good source at the following web site:

http://garden-netting.co.uk/acatalog/Butterfly_Netting.html

The company are:
Gardening Naturally, 8 Wilkinson Road, Love Lane Industrial Estate, Cirencester, GL7 1YT
Tel: 01285 654241
Tel: 0845 6800296

They describe their netting as:

Butterfly Protection Netting
Protect your crops from birds and butterflies with butterfly protection netting.

This 7mm square netting is made from UV stabilised HDPE. It is heavy duty and will stop cabbage white butterflies and birds attacking your vegetables.
Light enough to be laid directly over the crops and soft enough to drape, also ideal for covering hoops and cages.
Another brilliant use for this netting is covering ponds to protect them from debris, herons and cats.
Available in widths: 2m/ 4m/ 6m/ 8m.

If your are ordering per metre then the minimum quantity is 3m.

  • Protection Butterfly Netting 2m (per metre)               £1.46
  • Protection Butterfly Netting (2m x 5m)                      £6.94
  • Protection Butterfly Netting (2 x 10m)                        £13.50
  • Protection Butterfly Netting (2m x 20m)                    £26.28
  • Protection Netting Roll 2m x 125m                              £101.99
  • Protection Butterfly Netting 4m (per metre)               £2.88
  • Protection Butterfly Netting (4m x 5m)                      £13.68
  • Protection Butterfly Netting (4m x 10)                        £26.64
  • Protection Butterfly Netting (4m x 20m)                    £51.84
  • Protection Netting Roll 4m x 125m                              £179.99
  • Protection Butterfly Netting 6m (per metre)               £4.26
  • Protection Butterfly Netting (6m x 5m)                      £20.23
  • Protection Butterfly Netting (6m x 10m)                    £39.41
  • Protection Butterfly Netting (6m x 20m)                    £76.68
  • Protection Netting Roll 6m x 125m                              £260.99
  • Protection Butterfly Netting 8m Wide per metre        £5.68
  • Protection Butterfly Netting 8m x 5m                         £26.98
  • Protection Butterfly Netting 8m x 10m                       £52.54
  • Protection Butterfly Netting 8m x 20m                       £102.24
  • Protection Netting Roll 8m x 125m                            £341.99

As with anything of this nature, we are not recommending that you should purchase it, this is some research I have done and offer it as information for you to make your own minds up.

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Allotment Documentary Project 2015

Posted in Events, Notices, Services on 11th Mar 2015|

Dear Allotment users,

I am a 2nd year student at York University studying Film and Television Production and would like to present a proposal for a documentary focusing upon allotments. The documentary would delve into the positive health and social benefits allotments provide as well as exploring the sense of community that exists there. Having worked on the family allotment for the past few years, I have grown very fond of the relaxed atmosphere and friendly community there, and would like to share this with the world through this project. In addition to this, allotment land is rapidly disappearing, building developers purchasing land from the councils becoming increasingly frequent in recent years. This project could help show the true value of allotments and how they benefit communities and individuals alike, and help save these treasured plots of land.

The documentary itself would consist of a series of interviews that showcase individual allotments and their owners, showing how and why they have allotments. Through the contrast of these interviews I would like to build up an image of the community that the allotments embody. As an example, here is a web link to a test edit of an interview done with john Menzies (Allotment 65) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1_7MU6po28

I will be returning from university for the Easter holidays from March 20th to April 6th and will be available for shooting in between these dates. If you are interested in this project and would like to take part, or have any queries in general about it, please let me know.

My contact details are as follows:

EMAIL:   cm1091@york.ac.uk

MOBILE: 07708228704

I look forward to hearing from you, and hope this project will be of some interest to you.

With thanks,

Charlie Menzies

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Annual General Meeting

Posted in News, Notices, Services on 1st Feb 2015|

For the information of everyone the Annual General Meeting will be held on 15th March 2015 at 10:30am in the association hut or poly tunnel.

There are some important issues this year which need decisions being made which will affect you all personally and financially, the AGM is your opportunity, not only to air your views, but to actively vote on the decisions which will be taken.  This will be your only opportunity this year to affect the running of the association unless extraordinary general meetings are called.  If you don’t attend your views will not count and your ability to decide on these issues won’t either.  It is important you attend if you wish to democratically affect the running of YOUR association.

The following items so far are on the agenda for discussion:

  • Future Rent Increases – the council will be imposing new rent increases on us next year, however we have some flexibility on how we deal with this as an association, details will be given on how much this will cost you and how this could happen.
  • Association Lease and Trustees – There will be further information on the ever looming issue we have over the lease we have with the city council to run our allotments.
  • Election Of Committee Members – As we do each year the current committee members will be standing for re-election.  Any nominations for election of new members to the committee must be proposed in writing via nomination forms available either from Jackie MEDCALF or the main notice board nearer the time, or downloaded from the link below,  and then given to any current committee member by the 1st March 2015 in accordance with the constitution which can be found elsewhere on this site.
  • Other items for discussion – If there are items you wish discussed at the AGM which concern you personally please submit them, again, in writing to any member of the committee before the 1st March 2015.

Please note that this is not a definitive list, just the items so far which will be discussed.

Current committee members to whom you can submit agenda items or nominations are:

  • Jackie MEDCALF
  • Steve WILLIAMS
  • Steve YORKE
  • Ronnie GAYLE
  • Jane BOWDEN
  • Steve MEDCALF

Committee nomination forms can be downloaded by clicking the following link:

Old Park Farm Committee Membership Form

Lastly combined rent and water bills for the first half of the year will be sent out in the middle of February 2015.  These MUST be paid in full by the 1st April 2015 or contact made with a member of the committee.  Failure to do either of these will result in eviction from your allotment from 1st April 2015.

 

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New Gate Keys

Posted in News, Notices, Services on 15th Sep 2014|

GATE KEYS

Advance Notice

The locks to the main gates will be changed on Saturday 1st November.

During October you can collect and sign for your new keys.

Details of how and when to do this will be published on the Web site and on the Notice Boards during the last week of September.

When you collect your new keys you must bring in the keys you already have, they will be checked against our records and you will be given new numbered keys to replace the keys you bring in. You will also get written instructions on how to replace any lost keys in the future. You may also get an extra key at this point at a cost of £10.

Then on the 1st November you can discard the old and start using the new keys.

If you have any problems or queries please contact Jackie on 07931 950950 or Email jackiemedcalf@hotmail.com

 

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Garden Supplies On Sale Again

Posted in Home, Services on 23rd Mar 2014|

This years supplies have now been delivered and the following are now available for purchase as follows:

  1. Growell Multi Purpose Compost – 60 litres @ £4.50p per bag.
  2. Mother Earth Multi Purpose Compost  – 70 litres @ £3.90p per bag.
  3. Grow Bags @ £2.60 per bag.
  4. Growmore 25Kgs @ £14.80p per bag.
  5. 8 foot long bamboo canes @ £0.40p each.

Th canes were not delivered but will be available later this week when we have fetched them.

All prices apart from the grow bags remain at the same competitive prices as last year, and they have only gone up by 10p each.

They will be sold again this year from the main committee meeting room instead of the poly tunnel which was the case last year.

If you need supplies see either Jackie Medcalf or Steve York.  Jackiw can be contacted on 07931 950950 and arrangements can be made with her for a meeting at the gardens.  The AGM next Sunday 30th would also be a good opportunity for you to get your hands on supples as there will be committee members available to sell them to you after the meeting.

Lastly, we would prefer that you pay in cash as chasing owed money can be very time consuming so please attend with the readies.

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