But first encounter our ladies and discuss Thursday's meeting of interested Burydell Lane plotholders. All agree it was encouragingly well attended and exceptionally well chaired. Some venting and moaning allowed, but the group's collective attention drawn to the subject at hand: do we wish to form some sort of association, with an intitial aim of acquiring more clout in dealing with the local council? Yes, resoundingly, yes. Volunteers were acquired to be committee members and some officers appointed including K as Secretary (you can expect much more on this in due course).
They've been tasked with going away and sorting out a constitution, figuring out what legal status the group will have, and then enlisting as many plotholders as possible. Beyond lobbying the council (eg for security, repairs, waste handling), an association opens up possibilities of attracting development funding etc.
It turns out that K wanted me to see our new lawn (right). After a worrying lack of progress, new shoots are now poking their way through the stony soil, a hopeful sign of spring settling in.Also below: the seedbed broccoli and sunflowers; and their further protection and enhancement with plastic bottle tops and bottoms; the buds appearing on one of our apple trees; the thriving Elephant Garlic; and the comfrey settling in.
Celebrate spring!
2 comments:
We have just chuckled our way through your great stories of the past year - digging, constructing, sowing harvesting, successes failures, joys and enthusiasm.
With your unique style we can`t beat you for the Best Saloon Style Plot Entrance, Best Allotment Blog or Biggest Elephant Garlic (Ref one date last year - can`t remember which)but we`ll compete with you for the Lowest Fruit Cage, the Longest Rabbit Run (hopefully not) and the Most Nitrogenous Compost Enhanced by Human Addition of ......!
It is good to share oue enthusiasm with such good allotmenteer neighbours.
Onward and upward!
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