Burning Days

20th Aug 2012 by Dogbury

There seems to be a slight confusion amongst the odd member, over the days we are allowed to burn garden rubbish on the allotment site and what the rules are for it so I thought I would take the opportunity to list all the dates for the next year and remind members what can and cannot be burned.

We are allowed to burn garden waste on the second Sunday of every month apart from November when we can burn on any day during Bonfire Night week, i.e the week in which the 5th November falls.  The following dates therefore are allowed for the rest of this year and all of next year:

  • Sunday 9th September 2012
  • Sunday 14th October 2012
  • Monday 5th November to Sunday 11th September 2012
  • Sunday 9th December 2012
  • Sunday 13th January 2013
  • Sunday 10th February 2013
  • Sunday 10th March 2013
  • Sunday 14th April 2013
  • Sunday 12th May 2013
  • Sunday 9th June 2013
  • Sunday 14th July 2012
  • Sunday 11th August 201
  • Sunday 8th September 2013
  • Sunday 13th October 2013
  • Monday 4th November to Sunday 10th November 2013
  • Sunday 8th December 2013

If for some reason your are unable to burn on one of these dates because of personal reasons or because of the weather you must wait until the next burning day before burning again.  In my experience however wet days don’t really affect it, I burned one of the biggest fires I had right in the middle of this years wet season on a rainy Sunday without any problems.

Also to remind members what it says in the constitution about what can be burned I copy that passage below for you all to remind you of it:

Under no consideration will burning of plastics, rubber or any other material not associated with garden refuse be allowed.  The council have a key to the gates, and can enter at any time.  Gardeners should be aware that they could face prosecution and risk having their tenancy terminated should they disregard this warning.  Pollution will not be tolerated under and circumstances.

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Sos INGER Resigns As Secretary

4th Aug 2012 by Dogbury

Yet another sad announcement.  Sos INGER, the secretary of the OPFGHA has decided to resign as association secretary with immediate effect for personal reasons.  The whole committee on their own behalf and on behalf of all garden holders both past and present would like to thank him for his immense contribution over the years he has been secretary and for bringing the Association to its current healthy position.  I am sure he will be happy to hear from you personally should you wish to seek him out and speak to him.

Again with immediate effect the position of secretary will be taken up by Jackie Medcalf, who is currently a member of the committee.  She can generally be seen in Garden 66 which is situated in the extreme south west corner of the allotment area.  Additionally she can be contacted on her mobile phone 07931 950950 or contacted on her email address: jackiemedcalf@hotmail.com

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Annual Show – Cancelled

2nd Aug 2012 by Dogbury

It is with great regret that we are announcing the cancellation of this years annual show.  The weather, as we all know, has been so bad this year that it is felt that very few of us will have anything worthy of showing.  For those few who may have things to show there will probably be no competition worth putting up against them making the show altogether pointless.  We realise that this will be a disappointment to one or two of you for which we apologise.  We hope for better weather next year and the revival of the show.

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DIY Polytunnel

6th Jun 2012 by Dogbury

Hi.  I recently found the following article which shows how to build a cheap and durable do it yourself poly tunnel  (click here).  I have bought some poly pipe and intend putting up a netted tunnel using the same method later in the year.  I have created a small spreadsheet which will calculate a couple of things for you if you decide it’s something you want to do and want some help on the numbers as I did.  Send me an email and I will let you have a copy unless I find out how to attach it to this web site in which case I will add it to this post as something you can download directly.

Good news.  I have figured out how to attach it – Click this link to download the calculator – Polytunnel Calculator

Hope that helps – Steve M

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New Discount Supplier

28th Feb 2012 by Dogbury

For everyone’s information we have a new supplier negotiated by Sos.  If you need anything to do with locks, padlocks, security or the like contact A1 Locksmiths  – phone Kenny Bexton on 07977 432089.  They also have a web site to visit (Click Here).  And a permanent entry on this web site (Click Here).  Kenny offers discounts to all allotment holders on the Old Park Farm site, just mention to him that you are a member.

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How To Follow This Web Site

12th Feb 2012 by Dogbury

In order to be alerted to any new articles which are published on the web site you need to ‘follow’ it.  This is easily done by using the ‘Follow’ button which you should see in the bottom right hand corner of the screen.  Click on it and a form will appear asking for your e-mail address. Once supplied and, from that point onwards, you will be notified via your email address, each time any new articles or ‘Posts’ are added to the web site.  Please be assured that the Old Park Farm Garden Holders Association does not share email addresses with ANY other organisation whatever so you will not be contacted by anyone else as a result of subscribing to this web site.

Remember too that you can un-subscribe any time from the site at any time by using the ‘Unfollow’ link which may appear at the top of the screen whenever you are looking at the web site depending on your access level to the site.  Alternatively you can unsubscribe from the site by clicking on the appropriate link in any previouse email you have received from us.

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Allotment Rents

17th Dec 2011 by Dogbury

There is shortly to be an announcement about allotment rents.  As many of you who have been allotment holders for some time will know, it has been 5 years since the council carried out any review of rents charged.  As a first move to making changes allotments will no longer be measured in square yards but will from now on be measured in square metres.  This means that the average plot size which is currently 450 square yards will now be about 377 square metres you can work this out for yourselves if your plot is a different size the multiplication formula is 1 square yard = 0.83 square metres.  So for example 450 sq yards multiplied by 0.83 = 377 sq metres.  The new rental will therefore be charged on your square metre area.  The new price per annum of a square metre is yet to be announced but you will be informed as soon as possible what this is proposed to be.  Please leave any comments you wish to using the form below.

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