Nefarious Goings On

2nd Jun 2015 by Dogbury

Hello all. Yesterday it was reported that over the weekend one of the official city green taxis was parked up at the bottom end of Old Coach Road near the railway bridge, outside the lower gate to the allotments.  The driver, an older Asian male was seen in the rear of the car with a young white girl and although nothing untoward was seen it was obviously quite a concerning observation bearing in mind recent grooming events which have gone on around other areas of the country.  The driver when he realised he had been seen, got into the front of the car and drove quickly away.

The following day, early in the morning, the same witness observed two young Asians in a smaller car parked in the same place smoking cannabis which he smelled as he walked past.  As he entered the gardens this car also turned around a sped off paying undue attention to the witness as he entered the garden to a point where he felt that the two incidents might in some way be connected.

I have myself on occasion seen vehicles parked at the weekend at the bottom of the road with people in them with no real reason to be there, the factories being closed etc.  I have reported these incidents to the Police on behalf of the garden holder and they have promised to step up patrols in the area, however from my own experience I know this can be hit and miss.  Could I ask that if any of you see anything like this yourselves that if possible, AND WITHOUT DRAWING UNDUE ATTENTION TO YOURSELVES, that you try and obtain the registered numbers of cars you observe together with a time that you see the cars there and perhaps the colour and type of car you see.  If you then report this to Jackie or myself we will co-ordinate this with the Police and hopefully nip this in the bud before it becomes an issue for us.  Thanks for your help and please let me stress that whilst no threats have been made to anyone you should be careful in obtaining any details of vehicles if you should witness anything yourself.  Thanks – Steve Medcalf.

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The Wollaton Singers

1st Jun 2015 by Dogbury

Hello all. Jane Bowden has asked for this to be advertised on the web site.  Please support if you can.

Summer 2015 Concert poster A4

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Garden Clearance

15th Apr 2015 by Dogbury

We will be clearing two gardens that used to belong to Reg Elmer over the next couple of months.  There are twenty buildings on the gardens all full of half a centuries worth of gardening equipment.

It is our intention to sell as much as we can to raise funds for the hire of skips that we will need to clear the gardens so we can lease them again.  Hopefully over the next few weeks we will split everything into different parts e.g. pots and tools.  There  are a couple of greenhouses plus frame parts. there is also a lot of poly-carbonate, a lot of which is in good condition.

If you are interested in a greenhouse please contact Jackie.  Priority is being given to gardeners who do not have one on their plot.

We will have some rummage sales at some point but in the meantime you are welcome to talk to us about what is there if you think you might be interested.  All proceeds from any sales will be shown in the accounts.

Jackie

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Compost Delivery

7th Apr 2015 by Dogbury

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.

26th Mar 2015 by Dogbury

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

23rd Mar 2015 by Dogbury

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

17th Mar 2015 by Dogbury

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

11th Mar 2015 by Dogbury

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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