On 27 Jan, 01:26, "Gary Poston" wrote:
REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
unmoderated group uk.rec.gardening.allotments
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of the
unmoderated Usenet newsgroup, uk.rec.gardening.allotments

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This is an excellent idea. There's a lot of issues that affects
allotments now more than ever and we've seen many times that when
allotments are discussed here there's always a debate with a clear
devide between those growing on allotments and those growing in
private gardens. In these changing times we also know that the more
'conservative' gardener will sufer from the eminent changes in the way
we run our gardens, however allotmenteers have gardened in a different
way for decades and these changes won't affect them as much. This is
also very important for a common voice via a common forum to air many
issues allotmenteers have.

I could also point out examples where I've been frustrated to see
answers given to a query regarding growing a veg, on this occasion a
'tip' on an allotment because seemingly nobody had a clear answer -
out of 8 posts 2 had valued comments, and those were from
allotmenteers whilst others simply said that they had no experience
but 'they had heard somewhere' ... and one post might have been
misleading because the poster tentatively tried to give an answer
without any knowledge.

A group for allotmenteers would be an absolut gem as it will avoid
confusion, will be straight from experience gardeners with a single
aim, growing food on allotments. This wouldn't 'push' away any other
gardeners, but the choice it would give would be an invaluable
resource to anyone wanting to grow their food.