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Plot-holders’ Meeting AGENDA – Saturday 12 April 2014

1. Matters Arising

                        A) Toilet – update.

 

                        B) Community Plot – maintenance – Joan A.

 

                        C) Bee hives – progress?

 

                        D) BBQ

 

                        E) Plot Website

 

2. Damaged fence at the bottom plot – Keith

 

3. AOB

 

4) Date of next meeting Saturday 10 May 2014.

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May 2013 – Craigentinny Plot-holders’ Meeting

Saturday 11 May 2013
Attendees:
Tom (Chair), Alex, John Mc., Susan, Norma, Katie, Keith, Neil, Joan P., Ian, Katy, George (Minutes)

1. Matters arising from the last minutes.
A) Water Supply. This had now been fixed.
B) Bin Uplift. Bins now being uplifted every week. Agreed to remind plotholders not to overfill the bin as it will then not be uplifted. George will put up notice.
2. Woodchip complaint. A neighbour had complained about the woodchip pile in the car park. The Council had been informed and had inspected. Agreed we would encourage plotholders to take as much as quickly as possible.
3. Date for the BBQ. Agreed to hold the next BBQ on Saturday 10 August
4. Removal of Trees. John reported that this had been raised at a FEDEGA meeting at which Ian Woolard had been present. Ian said that trees would be removed by the end of the month. The trees would be chipped on the spot. Agreed that we would like some logs for the Communal Plot to provide wildlife habitat and maybe a site for mushroom spores.
5. Thefts. A hose had been stolen from one of the plots. Agreed it was important to report all thefts to this committee.
6. Compost deliveries. John Mc offered to store empty bags in his small shed. We can use them to get money off our next delivery.
7. Maintenance of the Communal Plot. Agreed on a “High Five” approach. Plotholders asked to give five minutes of their time to help with jobs needing done.
Jobs include
Grass cutting – strimmer available in toilet block
Painting toilet block
Tidying, weeding beds
Putting woodchip on path
Agreed George would put up notice
8. Date of next meeting. Saturday June 8, 2013 at 11.00

NOTICE TO ALL PLOT-HOLDERS If you haven’t been sent a copy of these minutes & would like a regular copy in future, then please email me at rubiensk@waitrose.com

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Plot Holders Meeting – Saturday 11th May 2013 at 11am

AGENDA

1. Apologies
2. Matters Arising

A) Water Supply

B) Bin Uplift

3. Complaint about woodchip pile (Alex)

4. Dates for BBQ (Joan P.)

5. Removal of Trees ( John Mc.)

6. Thefts from plots (Jo)

7. Compost Deliveries

8. Maintenance of Communal Plot – pond, grass cutting, toilet block etc.

9. Report (John Mc.)

10. A.O.B.

11. Date of next Meeting – Saturday 8 June at 11.00

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Thanks to Jo P for this photo of our new plotters

Craigentinny Foxes
Craigentinny Foxes
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Minutes from March Meeting

March
Craigentinny Plot-holders’ Meeting
Saturday 9 March 2013
Attendees:
Tom (Chair), John M., Rod, Alec, Joan A., Ernie, Michelle, Steve, John Mc, Morris, Susan, Dougie, Norma, George (Minutes)
1. Matters arising from the last minutes.
A) Site Rep. Agreed to continue arrangements as before i.e. John M. as our site rep and Joan A. as our point of contact with Ian Woolard.
B) Main Driveway. It was noted that the main driveway had been resurfaced and that a weed-killer had been added to the mix. We would monitor how it wears.
C) Trees on Site. It was noted that Ian W. had identified certain trees for removal. Disappointment was expressed that the two huge pines had not been prioritised and included. In addition we noted that at the far end of the plot trees were leaning into the fence. These posed a potential threat to the fence (especially in a high wind.) We would like these included in the tree removals. Agreed George would contact Ian W. about this.
D) Funding Increase. John reported that FEDAGA had not actioned any increase in funding for individual allotments.
E) Water supply. George will ask Ian W. when the water supply will be switched on.
2. Bin Uplift. Starting next Thursday
3. The Bottom Plots. Agreed this was not a priority for us. We did not think that raised beds would solve the flooding problem. The plots need proper drainage. John Mc will raise the matter with Ian W.
4. The Pond. It is leaking badly. Agreed we would dig a temporary pond for frogspawn etc while the main pond was repaired.
5. Bonfires. There are no restrictions on bonfires but plotholders are asked to be considerate of fellow plotholders and our neighbours when lighting bonfires.
6. Toilet Block. Needs painting again.
7. Plot Inspections. Will take place every two weeks. John Mc will post up dates.
8. Lawn mower. John M. had bought a new lawnmower which is available for use. The old one is still working (just!)
9. Date of next meeting. Saturday April 13, 2013 at 11.00

NOTICE TO ALL PLOT-HOLDERS If you haven’t been sent a copy of these minutes & would like a regular copy in future, then please email me at rubiensk@waitrose.com

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WATER

Due to the continuing cold weather the water has not been turned on yet. It’s expected to be truned on mid April, dependant on the weather.

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Craigentinny Plot-holders’ Meeting AGENDA – March 2013

Saturday 9 March 2013 at 11.00

1. Apologies
2. Matters Arising

A) Site rep and liaison with Ian Woolard

B) Main Driveway

C) Trees and tree stumps

D) Funding increase – John Mc

E) Water supply

3 Bin Uplift

4. A.O.B.

5. Date of next Meeting – April 13

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COMPOST

FEDAGA has negotiated a discount on compost from Forth Resource Management, with free delivery to Edinburgh sites.
Peter Wright, who represents FEDAGA on the Council’s Strategy Steering Group, writes:

The Strategy Steering Group had a very interesting visit to Forth ResourceManagement to look at their composting system and view the various products. Sorry for the delay in this report
Visit organised by the CEC Allotments Officer.
Basically all the brown bin contents are sorted to remove plastics/metals (why do people put this stuff in??). It is rough shredded and piled into windrows 5m high x 30m long and left to compost. On the rainy day we were there the windrows were steaming from the heat generated within.
The windrows are turned and after about 8 weeks the compost is sifted and depending on end product further shredding and mixing with top soil.

FRM have various products see their website at http://www.frmrecycling.co.uk/

The product we were interested in is 10mm green compost, it comes in builders bags about 0.9 cu.m. It looked a good soil improver and equal to any home made compost. At £35 per bag. This is equal to about 15 x 60litre bags

We negotiated a price of £25 per bag if two or more bags are ordered per site with free delivery to the allotment site making the order.

Telephone No of FRM is 0131 339 5554
Contact John Donaldson Project Manager.

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Kings Seeds Discount for Plot Holders

Details of how to register online with Kings Seeds are now on the FEDEGA website, www.fedaga.org.uk.  Registered plot holders can secure a discount of 45% when ordering seeds online. If your order is over £30 then you can avoid the £1.50 p&p charge, so it might be worth plot holders getting together to place orders. One of the big advantages with this site is that there is no deadline for orders

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View from the shed May 2010 and July 2010

What a difference 2 months makes