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  • #1

    Life gets in the way!

    I've come back after a little time away. I unexpectedly got a job, a PROPER job, not temping. The girl I work with went off to get married followed by three weeks honeymoon (nearly a month). This coincided with another member of the same team going on paternity leave, the distribution of the new course agenda and moving the server to London.

    I've been working very long hours and still not keeping up, followed by catch up when my fellow worker got back. Apart from being exhausted, I haven't been near my allotment for three months with consequent results.

    I was given until this weekend to get it sorted or I'm turfed off. Knowing I couldn't do it on my own, I employed help. This "help" hasn't turned up, twice.

    Also, the Allotment Association Secretary said she'd had a load of aluminium removed from my plot. This was my greenhouse frame.

    I know I can't deal with this on my own. I absolutely understand where the Allotment Association Secretary is coming from as I was the one who instigated the strong terms through the Town Council. I did however expect it to be from year to year, not over three months after an atrocious year last year.

    I don't want to lose my allotment, but life got in the way. If I go back on the list I will probably never get to the top again after this.

    I'm so, so fed up. I want to keep it and am now in a position to upkeep it..
    "I prefer rogues to imbeciles as they sometimes take a rest" (Alexander Dumas)
    "It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live" (also Alexandre Dumas)
    Oxfordshire
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    I understand where you are coming from I used to work very long hours and had a plot which I really didn’t have time for I was very lucky cause I had friends and family which where willing to help in the short term eventually I changed jobs to a less demanding one ad things got a lot better remember we work to live not live to work .

    Max.

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    • #3
      Welcome back JanieB. I had wondered where you had vanished to. glad to see you are okay and that it was the new job that left you too busy to join us here.

      Good luck with getting the lottie back up and running, I am sure you will manage it. That seems a bit rotten to take your greenhouse frame away without asking you about it first - was it bent or damaged or something (though that still doesn't excuse it as far as I can see).
      Happy Gardening,
      Shirley

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      • #4
        Point out to the secretary that you have had a few VERY busy months, that your greenhouse frame was worth money and if they have removed it without notice BEFORE your right to the allotment was actually withdrawn, this is theft. Ask for a couple of weeks (and/or help from other members) and see what happens.
        You can't lose anything by trying. I would recommend being a nice as is possible, while still getting your point across. If politeness doesn't work, it is unlikely anything else would have been more effective, and you have the satisfaction of knowing YOU behaved properly. Just a suggestion, but has to be worth a try.
        Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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        • #5
          sorry to hear your plight,unfortunatly i am unable to assist as i live down the coast.cant the outhers on your site fall in to help.im sure some would if you ask .lots of luck.

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          • #6
            I took over a plot with an appalling, fallen in, jerry built, corrugated fibreglass "greenhouse". As it's a long way from the path that vehicles can navigate, it's really difficult to remove the crap that was left. So I find it amazing that my expensive aluminium greenhouse frame has been removed but I have to dispose of the rubbish that the previous plot holder left.
            "I prefer rogues to imbeciles as they sometimes take a rest" (Alexander Dumas)
            "It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live" (also Alexandre Dumas)
            Oxfordshire

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Hilary B View Post
              Point out to the secretary that you have had a few VERY busy months, that your greenhouse frame was worth money and if they have removed it without notice BEFORE your right to the allotment was actually withdrawn, this is theft. Ask for a couple of weeks (and/or help from other members) and see what happens.
              You can't lose anything by trying. I would recommend being a nice as is possible, while still getting your point across. If politeness doesn't work, it is unlikely anything else would have been more effective, and you have the satisfaction of knowing YOU behaved properly. Just a suggestion, but has to be worth a try.
              Tried all that. I got the comment that she had just lost her husband and didn't need all this hassle. I pointed out that I had also lost mine and didn't need it either.

              I know the difference is that she has not been taken to court to keep a roof over her head and I have.
              "I prefer rogues to imbeciles as they sometimes take a rest" (Alexander Dumas)
              "It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live" (also Alexandre Dumas)
              Oxfordshire

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              • #8
                Gawd hun firstly welcome back good to see you here again

                second, tell her you will give the lottie as much time as you are able to get it back to a condition that is acceptable and do just that - chip away, a bit at a time - cover as much as you can to make it look better and take your time.

                You will feel better, you get to keep your lottie and all is peace.

                I do certainly agree with our Hils above that they cannot remove your green-house (even if it has no glass!) - that is theft, no two ways about it!

                good luck and stand ya ground hun
                ((hugs))
                aka
                Suzie

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by piskieinboots View Post
                  Gawd hun firstly welcome back good to see you here again

                  second, tell her you will give the lottie as much time as you are able to get it back to a condition that is acceptable and do just that - chip away, a bit at a time - cover as much as you can to make it look better and take your time.

                  You will feel better, you get to keep your lottie and all is peace.

                  I do certainly agree with our Hils above that they cannot remove your green-house (even if it has no glass!) - that is theft, no two ways about it!

                  good luck and stand ya ground hun
                  ((hugs))

                  Thanks. You've made me cry. I'm actually at home when I could be sorting out the lottie. My biggest problem is that I can't start the strimmer 'cos the instructions don't agree with the machine I've got. AND I don't know where to rent a rotovator from.

                  I've always lived my life without a man, even when I was married, I am now realising that even though I organised things, it was a male name that held authority.
                  "I prefer rogues to imbeciles as they sometimes take a rest" (Alexander Dumas)
                  "It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live" (also Alexandre Dumas)
                  Oxfordshire

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                  • #10
                    oh nooooo - sorry I didn't mean to make you cry
                    aka
                    Suzie

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                    • #11
                      I've always lived my life without a man, even when I was married, I am now realising that even though I organised things, it was a male name that held authority.


                      My reply


                      There are times when that is all a man is any use for, and it is annoying that it works......
                      Last edited by Hilary B; 21-06-2008, 05:53 PM.
                      Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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                      • #12
                        No, no, I'm crying because people care.
                        "I prefer rogues to imbeciles as they sometimes take a rest" (Alexander Dumas)
                        "It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live" (also Alexandre Dumas)
                        Oxfordshire

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                        • #13
                          hi,sorry to hear all that,seems so unfair how different lotties have totally different rules(or at least translations of the same rules!?)our field secretary seems to not give a flying monkey how bad a state plots get!(we have 2 plots both surrounded by people who seem to have no intention of ever clearing or growing~when i mentioned to secretary he seemed totally unbothered~guess we'll just have to put up with the 7yrs seed!)BTW that wasn't said to make you feel bad,sounds like you a million miles from them in that you do want to get back on top of it!is there anyone (or lots of ones!)you could ask round for a picnic/lottie party?Not sure about you but our friends are always happy to share our harvest & I know if we ever needed a bit of help they'd be more than happy~almost like sharing a slice of the gratification of growing your own~even if you do only let them do the digging!!
                          As regards the greenhouse frame~I'm totally with other folk in that to take anything from your lottie without your permission is theft!dont know how lucky you'd be but i'd find out how much they cost new & say you want to be re-imbursed;even if it looked like junk I thought that was supposed to be the whole philosophy of allotmenting~to make use of old bits & pieces?!(not saying your greenhouse was old junk!)
                          All the best & hope you manage to rustle up a bit of help;like Piskie said,even if you only manage a little but somehow get the rest covered it's a start & at least the secretary cant say your weedseed is a problem to other plotholders.
                          the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.

                          Happiness is not having what you want,but wanting what you have.xx

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                          • #14
                            If you have mitigating circumstances an allotment committee would have to be very harsh to boot you off.

                            How much notice were you given that there had to be an improvement by this weekend?

                            The weekends not over yet anyway! Get down there and spend a full day with the emphasis on tidying up rather than planting. Have a word with someone in authority (it needn't be the Secretary) and ask for a realistic extention of maybe a month to whip it into shape. Explain that circumstances have changed now and you will be able to devote adequate time to it.

                            Be prepared to pay someone to strim the plot and rotavate it if required. Any tool hire shop will hire a rotavator.

                            You need to show you are prepared to fight for your plot!

                            If you'd lived a bit closer I would have strimmed it for you for nowt!
                            My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                            to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                            Diversify & prosper


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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by JanieB View Post
                              No, no, I'm crying because people care.
                              we sure do ((hugs))

                              Originally posted by Snadger View Post
                              The weekends not over yet anyway! Get down there and spend a full day with the emphasis on tidying up rather than planting....
                              Do as the man says - get down there hun, once you have started - no matter how little it is you will be away

                              I very nearly gave up a while back, these guys put me straight!
                              aka
                              Suzie

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