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5 year plan for allotments
I'm looking at drafting up some ideas for a meeting about creating a 5
year plan for our allotments. I've made a list of the issues I'm aware of (water, toilet etc) and priorities (obviously the loo is more of a priority for people who live further away) ... And creating a timetable ... Any suggestions of what could/should be included would be great! So far I have:- 1. Water 2. sheds 3. paths 4. communal areas 5. toilets 6. wildlife areas 7. open days 8. Lease Thank you! -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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5 year plan for allotments
"mogga" wrote ... I'm looking at drafting up some ideas for a meeting about creating a 5 year plan for our allotments. I've made a list of the issues I'm aware of (water, toilet etc) and priorities (obviously the loo is more of a priority for people who live further away) ... And creating a timetable ... Any suggestions of what could/should be included would be great! So far I have:- 1. Water 2. sheds 3. paths 4. communal areas 5. toilets 6. wildlife areas 7. open days 8. Lease 1. Water is a priority certainly, can't grow anything without. 2. Sheds are thief bait so I personally would ban them, get a trailer for your car instead, you need that for fetching manure every year anyway. 3. Permanent hard paths are not a necessity, usually everyone has to look after their own, communal roads/paths however will need maintenance grass cutting etc so someone has to be responsible. 4. As above, usually the same people do the work all the time so stipulate so many days a year for each plot holder.* 5. Toilets are very important, especially as one gets older, and with more women taking up allotment gardening it become a necessity both for the ladies and for the gentlemen that don't wish to be accused of exposing themselves. There are composting toilets available so they do not need mains water or mains drainage. 6. Up to you, lots of weed seeds floating across the site could be a problem, Rabbits are a menace, foxes can do serious damage too. Personally I don't think an allotment site is the place for one. A communal seating/picnic area perhaps. 7. Why? So people can see who has the best produce to nick, the best stuff in their shed, the easiest way into the site...? 8. Lease is surely the first thing you would get sorted out, no point in planting permanent things like fruit if you haven't got guaranteed tenure. In everyone's agreement I would stipulate how many hours a year they have to work on the site. Also they have to keep weeds down on their plots, not let them seed, not using their plot as a rubbish dump, stipulate the max size of any sheds and permission required anyway, stipulate trees can only be planted with permission and restrict it to fruit trees only, do inspections of every plot , say, 3 times a year and without exception (well illness perhaps) any that get two letters about lack of cultivation are off. -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK |
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5 year plan for allotments
"mogga" wrote in message ... I'm looking at drafting up some ideas for a meeting about creating a 5 year plan for our allotments. I've made a list of the issues I'm aware of (water, toilet etc) and priorities (obviously the loo is more of a priority for people who live further away) ... And creating a timetable ... Any suggestions of what could/should be included would be great! So far I have:- 1. Water 2. sheds 3. paths 4. communal areas 5. toilets 6. wildlife areas 7. open days 8. Lease Thank you! -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk Perimeter fence/security? |
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5 year plan for allotments
On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:29:13 +0100, "harryagain"
wrote: "mogga" wrote in message .. . I'm looking at drafting up some ideas for a meeting about creating a 5 year plan for our allotments. I've made a list of the issues I'm aware of (water, toilet etc) and priorities (obviously the loo is more of a priority for people who live further away) ... And creating a timetable ... Any suggestions of what could/should be included would be great! So far I have:- 1. Water 2. sheds 3. paths 4. communal areas 5. toilets 6. wildlife areas 7. open days 8. Lease Thank you! -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk Perimeter fence/security? ta chuck! Will add that! -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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5 year plan for allotments
On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:54:46 +0100, "Bob Hobden"
wrote: 1. Water is a priority certainly, can't grow anything without. There are lots of sites without it. We have access to the rainwater from a huge garage roof if we can get more barrels. Whilst it's not the same as a tap - there is a hosepipe long enough to fill those barrels should it not rain. Paying the water meter for an allotment site is going to cost money. 2. Sheds are thief bait so I personally would ban them, get a trailer for your car instead, you need that for fetching manure every year anyway. I don't need a shed. We have rules on what size they can be - as we're going self - managed. 3. Permanent hard paths are not a necessity, usually everyone has to look after their own, communal roads/paths however will need maintenance grass cutting etc so someone has to be responsible. It has communal paths already. Although with no weed matting underneath some underused ones are very over grown. 4. As above, usually the same people do the work all the time so stipulate so many days a year for each plot holder.* Yes. Think this is essential. 5. Toilets are very important, especially as one gets older, and with more women taking up allotment gardening it become a necessity both for the ladies and for the gentlemen that don't wish to be accused of exposing themselves. There are composting toilets available so they do not need mains water or mains drainage. Indeed. They cost money though and unless we can find funding for it it's going to be years of saving up. There's only 9 plots on the site. 6. Up to you, lots of weed seeds floating across the site could be a problem, Rabbits are a menace, foxes can do serious damage too. Personally I don't think an allotment site is the place for one. A communal seating/picnic area perhaps. We have one already. 7. Why? So people can see who has the best produce to nick, the best stuff in their shed, the easiest way into the site...? It's a tradition at some sites. 8. Lease is surely the first thing you would get sorted out, no point in planting permanent things like fruit if you haven't got guaranteed tenure. We have in theory but the paperwork is taking some time. In everyone's agreement I would stipulate how many hours a year they have to work on the site. Also they have to keep weeds down on their plots, not let them seed, not using their plot as a rubbish dump, stipulate the max size of any sheds and permission required anyway, stipulate trees can only be planted with permission and restrict it to fruit trees only, do inspections of every plot , say, 3 times a year and without exception (well illness perhaps) any that get two letters about lack of cultivation are off. The lease contains all the rules which the federation has tried arguing against. I suspect some of them are silly like specifying what colour your shed has to be. -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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5 year plan for allotments
On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 22:42:19 +0100, Janet wrote:
In article , says... On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:54:46 +0100, "Bob Hobden" wrote: 5. Toilets are very important, especially as one gets older, and with more women taking up allotment gardening it become a necessity both for the ladies and for the gentlemen that don't wish to be accused of exposing themselves. There are composting toilets available so they do not need mains water or mains drainage. Indeed. They cost money though and unless we can find funding for it it's going to be years of saving up. There's only 9 plots on the site. You can DIY one for next to nothing, called a treebog. I've used one of these communally with dozens of people) and it was absolutely clean and odourless... it also had its own sustainable handwash station using water from its roof. http://www.stewardwood.org/resources/DIYtreebog.htm http://permaculture.wikia.com/wiki/Tree_bog Janet Interesting! Thank you! -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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5 year plan for allotments
On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 22:42:19 +0100, Janet wrote:
In article , says... On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:54:46 +0100, "Bob Hobden" wrote: 5. Toilets are very important, especially as one gets older, and with more women taking up allotment gardening it become a necessity both for the ladies and for the gentlemen that don't wish to be accused of exposing themselves. There are composting toilets available so they do not need mains water or mains drainage. Indeed. They cost money though and unless we can find funding for it it's going to be years of saving up. There's only 9 plots on the site. You can DIY one for next to nothing, called a treebog. I've used one of these communally with dozens of people) and it was absolutely clean and odourless... it also had its own sustainable handwash station using water from its roof. http://www.stewardwood.org/resources/DIYtreebog.htm http://permaculture.wikia.com/wiki/Tree_bog I've tried to persuade our committee to set up a straw-bale toilet or something similar but they will not consider it. They want to put in drains, mains water, and a building! I just can't convince them. I was going to set up my own but have had to decide to give up my plot, not just for toilet reasons. Pam in Bristol |
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5 year plan for allotments
On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:43:22 +0100, Pam Moore
wrote: On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 22:42:19 +0100, Janet wrote: In article , says... On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:54:46 +0100, "Bob Hobden" wrote: 5. Toilets are very important, especially as one gets older, and with more women taking up allotment gardening it become a necessity both for the ladies and for the gentlemen that don't wish to be accused of exposing themselves. There are composting toilets available so they do not need mains water or mains drainage. Indeed. They cost money though and unless we can find funding for it it's going to be years of saving up. There's only 9 plots on the site. You can DIY one for next to nothing, called a treebog. I've used one of these communally with dozens of people) and it was absolutely clean and odourless... it also had its own sustainable handwash station using water from its roof. http://www.stewardwood.org/resources/DIYtreebog.htm http://permaculture.wikia.com/wiki/Tree_bog I've tried to persuade our committee to set up a straw-bale toilet or something similar but they will not consider it. They want to put in drains, mains water, and a building! I just can't convince them. I was going to set up my own but have had to decide to give up my plot, not just for toilet reasons. Pam in Bristol Is it a big site? The costs associated with it would be huge - and if there's not a great deal of plots it costs you each more. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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