"mogga" wrote

We will have to look at this ... at the moment we've only just set up
the group ... and the council are getting all allotment groups to be
self-managed so we have lots of stuff to look at.


Self managed often means a few do all the work, you need to ensure it is in
everyone's contract that they attend so many work days a year or you and the
other few "workers" will be lumbered, and be strict on it. Also ensure your
Council will hand over a site in good condition , good paths, good fences,
trees lopped, and with tidy access roads and that any rubbish on the site is
cleared before you take over. I say that as once self managed you will have
to do all those things yourselves at your expense.
We have one site near here where the villains have cut through the metal
fence twice to rob the sheds and it's proved expensive to get mended.

Will some of you be going on courses to obtain a certificate to be able to
use powered equipment like Brush cutters and strimmers? I ask as your
insurance co will probably insist on it.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK