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AGM 2012

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:45:48 +0000

72^nd

Annual General Meeting

The Fairfield Allotment Holders’ Association

will be held at The Borough, Dalton Square

On Thursday 23^rd February 2012

At 7.30 pm

All are welcome

All Officers and Members of the committee are willing to remaim in post unless other nominations are received before the AGM.

The AGM has been moved from the original date of 02^nd February to allow the association and the council to finalise amendments to new rules and tenancy agreements. These will be circulated as soon as possible prior to the AGM.

Potato Day 2012

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:19:28 +0000

Saturday

Jan 28th 2012

Café from 11.00

Potato sales and stalls 12 - 3pm

Many varieties of organic heritage seed potatoes to buy, also apple trees; delicious Potato Café, children’s activities, stalls, music and loads more . . free entry!

NEW – SWAP STALL – BRING YOUR SPARE SEEDS, PLANTS, PICKLES, JAMS, GARDENING BOOKS/MAGS OR SMALL TOOLS TO SWAP!!

At the Friends Meeting House, Meeting House Lane, next to Lancaster train station

Growveg.com

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:35:41 +0100

Click on the link above to have a look at some garden planning software. If you sign up the allotments get a small commission!

New Lease

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:24:19 +0100

The committee have now signed the new lease.

The first thing this means is that we will pay a peppercorn rent to the council for the land. This allows us to invest rental income on site improvements.

As part of the terms of the lease we will need to review our rules, constitution and individual tenancy agreements with each plot holder. We'll keep you up to date with these changes as they happen.

Global Bee Emergency?

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:12:54 +0000

Click on image to go to website

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/save_the_bees/?cl=895565137&v=8114

Follow this link to sign an article and e-petition calling for the ban of potentially harmful herbicides.

AGM Notice

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:04:15 +0000

71^st

Annual General Meeting

The Fairfield Allotment Holders’ Association

will be held at The Borough, Dalton Square

On Tuesday 08^th February 2011

At 7.30 pm

All are welcome

Agenda & Papers are available from the secretary in advance by request or at the meeting

Further details will be published with the rent request.

Potato Day Lancaster 2011

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 20:50:15 +0000

Potato Day

Saturday January 29^th

12 ‘till 3pm

Organic and heritage seed potatoes to buy, delicious Potato Café, children’s games, Lancashire apple trees and loads more . . . free entry!

At the Friends Meeting House, Meeting House Lane, next to Lancaster train station

For more info see www.transitioncitylancaster.org

Potato Day Skelmersdale

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 20:32:35 +0000

SUNDAY 6th FEBRUARY 2011

POTATO DAY

to be held at

Woodley Park Centre,

Woodley Park Road,

Ashurst,

Skelmersdale,

Lancashire,

WN8 6UQ

Less than 5 mins from M58

Ample FREE Parking

10.00a.m.- 3.00p.m.

BBC Radio Lancashire - live on site program 11am – 1pm with horticultural expert on hand to answer questions

West Lancashire Food Initiative - on hand giving away recipes, potato tasters and nutritional advice

Up to 100 varieties of potato tubers will be available for purchase. You can buy them in any multiples e.g. one or a dozen or more.

Why not get your children growing their own. You’ll only need a plant pot, some compost, and a bit of watering to harvest potatoes in your garden.

Also available Seeds, Onion sets, Garlic and plants

Refreshments

For more information call

Margaret on 07909660077

or Steve on 07876442341

SHSociety@tiscali.co.uk

Gardening for Resilience (A Transition Café)

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:03:01 +0100

Please see the following invitation from Transition City Lancaster

Tuesday, 9 November, Gregson Centre: Alan Schofield -Gardening for Resilience (A Transition Café)

We will be meeting in the Gregson at 6.00 pm to order food and have a chat before the talk which will begin around 7.15 pm.

Free (donations invited)

The major challenge for the future as our climate changes and natural
resources begin to deplete is going to be how we produce good quality food in sufficient quantity locally. This talk will explore some of the options open to us as gardeners to produce at least some of our needs.

Alan Schofield is Chair of the Organic Growers Alliance and has been
producing organic vegetables in Pilling for nearly 30 years.

A Transition Café aims to create a social atmosphere to get together, have a drink and a meal, if you wish, and talk about a specific topic. Each Café kicks off with a short(ish) talk from a speaker. Then there will be chance to ask questions - of the speaker or other people. All welcome. We hope you’ll enjoy it!
www.transitioncitylancaster.org
email: info@transitioncitylancaster.org

Allotment Shopping Bag and Surplus Sale

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:02:53 +0100

Fairfield Fairtrade bag

By all accounts the surplus sale was a really profitable & enjoyable day making almost £500 for the allotments.

If you missed out on buying one of our 'limited edition' Fairtrade Fairfield Allotment cotton shopping bags on the day then don't worry you can still buy them for only £3 a piece. How about giving some for Christmas...put a present inside...tie it up with garden twine...sustainable, resuable wrapping!

Click here, or on the image title to the left, to send us your details and how many you want. Alternatively they'll be an opportunity to buy some when you place your seed scheme order this year...coming up soon.

Surplus Sale!!! & Newsletter

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:07:48 +0100

The very belated (sorry John's fault!) Summer Newsletter 2010 can be downloaded by clicking here...

& don't forget the surplus sale this Saturday.

August Surplus Sale

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:36:54 +0100

A date for your diary!

On Saturday 28 August 2010, the Fairfield Allotments are having a sale of surplus garden produce. The sale would be between 11am and 2pm and, like last year, would take place just inside the allotment gates near the white farmhouse.

Nearer the time, there will be posters advertising the event but, in the meantime, please put the date in your diary.

To make the sale a success, donations of the following items would be particularly welcome:

· Fruit and vegetables

· Cut flowers

· Herbs and other potted plants

· Jams and chutneys (get making!)

· Home-made cakes (to be sold whole, or in slices with cups of tea or coffee)

· Home-made biscuits

· A giant vegetable (for example, a marrow, pumpkin or cabbage) for a “Guess the Weight” competition

· Folding tables

· Gazebos

· And, of course, your time. We will need volunteers to pick, price and sell on the day.

Last year’s sale raised about £350, and we are hoping to do even better this year. The proceeds will build on the success of the Fairfield Allotments’ stall at the Fun Day on 3 July which raised a very useful £355 for allotment funds.

Funday 2010

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:26:40 +0100

Fairfield Fun Day -

Produce & Volunteers Needed!!

“Fairfield Fun Day” is on the 3rd of July.

This is a great opportunity to help the allotment association raise funds. Last year we made a profit of around £300! This year we are aiming to do even better.

There are all sorts of ways you can help:

Pot on spare seedlings or split bigger plants. Herbs sell very well but also flower cuttings, tomatoes, peppers etc. These can be given on the day or leave them in advance by the greenhouse of allotment 12b.

Donate some spare produce from your allotment‐ rhubarb, new potatoes, soft fruit, sweet peas, cabbages, courgettes all sell well. If you aren't around on the morning of July 3rd, let me know your allotment number and we'll collect. If you are, please leave produce at one of the gates.

On the day itself we need help in the morning to collect produce and carry it over to the marquee We also need helpers to sell the produce‐ it can be a bit hectic, but is great fun. If you can spare an hour, let me know and I'll put you on the rota.

If you want to know more or want to help, please contact me on 12B

Jean Laurie

Warning | Contaminated Manure

Mon, 24 May 2010 20:11:44 +0100

Potatoes

Broad Beans

If you've been looking at the website you'll know we've posted a couple of things about problems with weedkiller/ herbicide contaminated manure on allotments across the country.

. Unfortunately it seems that the problem has arrived at Fairfield

At least one manure delivery seems to be contaminated. We are in the process of contacting the supplier to make sure they stop offering manure to allotments and veg growers. (At the moment we do not think the free bagged stuff is the problem.)

The best advice we can find is available through the following links. If you believe either your manure is contaminated after testing, or your crops are showing symptoms, please let us know & take some photos please. (There is a simple way to test your manure outlined below). We won't be able to do any more than the websites we've mentioned say to do, but we will alert the NSALG, chemical company and government about how we've been affected.

Here are a few links about the problem:

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/Profile.aspx?pid=477

RHS IPhone App

Sun, 23 May 2010 23:17:19 +0100

How many times have you been at the allotment and thought...

"if only there were a really informative app for my iPhone which would tell me all the basics I need to know about growing veg and fruit"

...well now there is!

Follow this link:

http://www.rhs.org.uk/iphone

Please don't annoy the neighbours!

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:27:31 +0000

It seems spring is officially here and everyone is creeping out of hibernation to clear their plots for the season ahead.

For some this means bonfires.

If you are going to have a bonfire can you please be respectful of our neighbours and make sure the wind is blowing away from the houses.

I've already received one complaint from a normally very tolerant neighbour and would not want this to escalate.

· Keep fires small if possible and do not leave to burn unattended.

· Make sure the wind in blowing away from houses.

· Try not to light fires when people are likely to have washing out, or windows open.

· If other people have fires lit, don't join in!

Here's a link to where we stand legally on bonfires. There's also advice on how to get rid of waste rather than burn it.

Good Allotment Guides

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:31:43 +0000

cheap books!

Have a look at these links on the left to thebookpeople.co.uk

If you're looking for a good quality, informative allotment guide...these are well worth having in your shed!

...& a bargain as well.

Lost - - - - - -

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:38:27 +0000

Hi Everyone,

One of our members has lost a 1/2 inch chisel between the gate at the white cottage on Sunnyside and plot 27b last Saturday 20th Feb.

If anyone has seen it/ found it/ picked it up please let me know and I'll get it back to it's owner.

Many Thanks

John

URGENT AGM POSTPONED

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:05:48 +0000

URGENT!!!

Fairfield Allotment Holders’ Association

Our venue for the AGM 2010 has just been unfortunately (and accidentally) double booked!!

As they have 100 paying customers, we lost out.

At such short notice we have no choice but reschedule.

NEW AGM DATE

THURSDAY 11th FEBRUARY 7.30

The Borough, Upstairs, Dalton Square.

Hope to see you there. John & your committee.

PS: If you have got this through your letter box it means we don’t have your email recorded. It may mean we are slightly fitter for delivering it - but if you use email - please, please, please let us have it. It really helps out with newsletters and very occasional notices like this.

We’re very sorry for such late notice but the Borough have only just let us know. However, they let us meet at the venue free for all our committee meetings so we have to be flexible.

National Vegetable Society

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:49:01 +0000

An ex member of the association has sent in this invitation. The link to the National Veg Society is quite useful, with links and a month by month guide...

The Westmorland and North Lancashire District Association of the National Vegetable Society meet once a month between October and April. On Tuesday 9th of February, 7.30pm at the Club Inn, Endmoor, Near Kendal, Jack Gott of JRG Dahlias will be giving a talk on Dahlias. Jack is one of the UK's most prominent Dahlia Growers

All are very welcome. For further information please contact Mark English at mark.english7@btinternet.com or Maureen Robinson on 015395 61053 for further information. For more information on the National Vegetable Society please see http://www.nvsuk.org.uk/index.php