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Craigentinny Plot-holders’ Meeting – Saturday 8th September 2012

Attendees:
Tom (chair), Rod, John Mc, Michelle 1, Michelle 2, Steve, George (Minutes)

1. Chair. Agreed Tom would chair the meeting.
2. Matters arising from the last minutes.
A) Toilet Block Sign. Done – thanks to John M.
B) Communal Shed Roof. Ian Woolard has ordered roofing materials.
C) Scaffolding Planks. £19 collected so far.
D) Gift for Joan P. John Mc has arranged this.
E) Resurfacing of Main Path. Ian Woolard has this in hand.
3. Thefts. A number of thefts from plots have taken place. Please be aware of this and report anything suspicious to any of the attendees above.
4. Website Craigentinny Allotment website is up & running again. Please email any items for inclusion to John Mc.
5. FEDAGA 60th Flower & Veg Show. This will take place on the 16th Spetember. See notice board for details.
6. FEDAGA AGM. This will take place on the 16th October. See notice board for details.
7. Site Rep. John Mc has indicated his intention to resign. Anyone interested in taking over this role should please give their name to John Mc.
8. Roll of Felt This is available. Please ask Michelle.
9. A.O.B
A) The shop at Inverleith Allotments. This will be open during March & April.
B) King’s catalogue. John Mc has placed this plant & seed catalogue in the communal hut. FEDEGA has arranged a discount, which is also available online.
10. Date of next meeting – Sat 13th October at 11am.

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Craigentinny Plot-holders’ Meeting AGENDA – 8th September 2012

1. Apologies
2. Matters Arising
A) Toilet block sign

B) Generator

C) Communal Shed roof

D) Payment for scaffolding planks

E) Gift for Joan

F) Main driveway – to be resurfaced (John M.)

3. Thefts from allotments – (George, John M, John Mc, Joan P, Jo)

4. Reopening of our website. (John Mc)

5. FEDAGA 60th Flower and Veg show (16 Sept) (John Mc)

6. FEDAGA AGM (John Mc)

7. Site Rep (John Mc)

5. Roll of felt – (Michelle)

6. A.O.B.

7. Date of next Meeting -13th October at 11.00

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Craigentinny Plot holders Meeting – Next Meeting Saturday 8th September at 11am

Minutes from the last meeting below:

JULY
Craigentinny Plot-holders’ Meeting
Saturday 14th July 2012

Attendees:
Tom (chair), John M, Norma, Monica, John Mc., Ernie, Joan, Rod, George (Minutes)

1. Chair. Agreed Tom would chair the meeting.
2. Matters arising from the last minutes.
A) Path spraying. Had not been done because of the weather.
B) Toilet Roof. Toilet still very damp inside. Tom had sealed around the ventilator and John M. will seal around the concrete at the bottom.
C) Main path. Needs resurfacing. This was identified as one of our priorities. George will emphasise this when he sends Ian W. the minutes.
D) Strimmer. Petrol now supplied and new line purchased. Thanks to Alec and John M.
3. Scaffolding Planks. John Mc. has collected £13 so far. Plot-holders who have taken planks and not yet paid are reminded to pay 50p. per plank.
4. BBQ. Agreed this would take place on 4 August. Monica will put up a notice.
5. A.O.B
A) The lawn mower. On occasions it is not being cleaned after use. Norma will put a reminder on the machine.
B) The weather. We had a general moan about the weather and expressed concern about plots that were flooded.
C) Leaky tap. Norma reported that a tap on the stand-pipe near her plot was leaking. Rod offered to try and fix it.
6. Date of next meeting – Sat 11th August. George gave his apologies. Monica agreed to take the minutes.

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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Seasonal Tips.

Now that the season is drawing to a close you will probably find that you have uncultivated areas on your plot. Why not sow some green manure?
Green manure is a crop that increases the fertility of your soil, while at the same time, as it grows so quickly it smothers weeds. Double benefit.
There are different types of green manure for different times of the year but they all do the same basic job. One’s that I have tried are Tares, Mustard, Hungarian rye grass and Phacelia. The latter has the added benefit that if you save a little of the seed and sow it in the spring and let it flower (you don’t usually let the plants flower otherwise you get them everywhere!) you will get an attractive blue flower that the bees adore.

So have a go and let me know how you get on.
John McKinlay

Welcome Weed

Some of you may know I have a mild affection for the dreaded Horsetail. When I first got an allotment I was very excited to find I had a great crop of asparagus, only to find it was an invasive weed, which had been around since the dinosaurs. You have to respect something that old and if the dinosaurs couldn’t eradicate it, I decided I’d better try to live with it. You’re unlikely to get rid of it, but provided you pull it out when it appears and improve your soil it will reduce over time, and it really doesn’t interfere too much with your crops. Horsetail has an amazing range of medicinal uses, notably for rebuilding connective tissues, skin, hair and nails. The stalks used to be used to make whistles to ward off spirits, perhaps we could try it to scare off our allotment thieves
Joan Pisanek

Eat the Glut

Courgette Muffins
225g (8 oz) wholemeal flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 175ml (6 fl oz) skimmed milk 2 egg whites 4 tablespoons vegetable oil 4 tablespoons honey 4 oz grated courgette
Preheat oven to 190 C / Gas mark 5. Grease muffin tin or line with paper cases.
Combine wholemeal flour, baking powder, salt and ground cinnamon, mix thoroughly.
Mix the milk, slightly beaten egg whites, oil, honey and grated courgette together. Pour into the dry ingredients and stir until just barely moistened. Batter should be thick and lumpy. Fill muffin tins 2/3 full with batter.
Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly browned.

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Looking for a distraction from those allotment weeds. Why not go along to Duddingston Kirk’s Flower Show? Held in the Kirk Hall Sat and Sun 1/2 Sept 2 till 5 Saturday, 4 Sunday. On display you will find plants, flowers, fruit and vegetables as well as jams and handicrafts. Afterwards enjoy a cup of tea with some scrumptious home baking.

www.duddingstonkirk.co.uk/

Contributed by John McKinlay

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Livingstone Daisy

 Proof that the sun does shine on Craigentinny!!!

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Bar-B-Q

Thanks to all those who attended the annual BBQ, I really hope everyone had a great time, the sunny weather and fantastic company made for a great day. It was lovely to see wee John who arrived with a trolley load of his homemade fruit wines and the arrival of a regal couple was an unexpected surprise. Thanks to all those  who cleaned up you did a great job……..

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Thanking you for supporting our meetings

Over the last three years we have been delighted by the support we have had from everyone at Craigentinny Allotments. Turning up to the meetings, come rain or shine and helping at our community work days. Thanks too for all the tea and home baking that facilitated the discussions. We feel that it is time to hand over the reigns to someone else, so if you think that you would like to run the meetings, take the minutes or update the website then please let us know. We are sure you will enjoy it as much as we have done.
John and Monica McKinlay

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Minutes for 5th March

5th March, 2011
Meeting Minutes
Present: John and Monica, Ernie and Joan, Norma, Rod
Welcome to Alex and Louise Renton (new plot holders) and Barbara Seel (guest from Leith Links).
1. Permission given for FEDAGA committee to meet in our clubhouse for their 7th June meeting.
2. Inverleith shop is now open, Sundays, 2-3.30. Good bargains e.g 2k lime @45p and 1k BF&B @ 55p.
3. Allotment training available – see FEDAGA website. Also on website you can add you e-mail address to be alerted to deals and bargains e.g straw bales and water butts.
4. Bins will resume next week (w/c 7th March).
5. Pond in need of some remedial work and landscaping. Ernie and Joan will organise.
6. Concern was express over the state of the toilet roof. John has been in touch with Ian Woolard who will deal with this. The shed roof may also need maintained.
6. As mentioned at the end of last year, John and Monica will continue to be site reps but will no longer organise or minute the meetings or manage the website. We have always been greatly encouraged by the support given by everyone but feel that after three years we have done our bit. Consequently, we will no longer be doing these jobs but will of course continue to support anyone who takes them forward. To summarise, John will be site rep, Katie is treasurer and anyone else who wants to do any of the other jobs should be in touch.

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5th March- First Meeting

We will be having our first meeting of the year in March, first Saturday of the month, at 11 o’clock, in the clubhouse as usual.
All welcome!