allotment taken away - conclusion (of sorts) post 668 onwards

[lynda66]

a few years ago, i spent 6 weeks digging raking sifting and layering rubble, rubbish soil and lovely top soil and compost to make a lovely smooth aerated free draining lawn, covered it in seeds, then 2 days later there was wind from my neighbours garden, which spread dandelion seeds all over the lawn, i think i cried at that point, and spent months afterward pulling up dandelions ....... so yes i get the point ...... now, i make sure i pull up the ones that spread by wind, but i'm afraid theres a fair amount of other stuff that pops up that gets pulled when i can be bothered .... and there are still a few bits of the garden i haven't even touched yet, cos i just haven't had the time or energy ...... so this winter i'm gonna get them sorted with cardboard ...... but it really is a constant job.

[SarzWix]

I dunno, it's a tough call isn't it? But I think if there's a bunch of veg growing, and weeds in among it, then you have to consider it as cultivated, unless the veg are so old they're sat there rotting. Especially in the weather we've had this year, where the annual weeds can get to a foot high in a couple of weeks!

[tricky]

i agree with jo too
it seems if i hadnt brought this to the attention of the media others would have lost their plots too
just receieved a letter ,talk about not swearing

[jackie j]

Last week I put a load of manure on my plot so thats a large area I wont need to worry about for a while. My onions and garlic are sprouting as are my peas and I have approx 40 spring cabbages in the ground. Sweede, parsnips, carrots, strawberrys, blackcurrant, rhubarb, raspberry,gooseberry,blackberry,loganberry, as well as eight or nine herb plants still there. Hope no one thinks its negleted !!! cos there is weeds as well.

[jackie j]

B****y cheek they should give you the same plot back at once not when one becomes available this needs resolving now not in the future. Prehaps we should all ring the number and complain.

[lynda66]

at the earliest opportunity?????????? wtf is that supposed to mean????? have you rung em yet tricky??

[lynda66]

i feel a telly interview coming on

[yoanbob]

have yu seen one thats better positioned than your old one? hope they compensate you too, one half of our lottie is compleatly overgrown, but it has blackberrys, elderflowers, pears and apples and pums in it, the other half has more weedsthan anything else but is still in use.

[lynda66]

doesn't sound like they are even thinking about compensation, judging by that letter.

[BrideXIII]

earliest opportunity, are they having a laugh, its a bloomin council worker thats been given yours, they should give it back, they only took it away two weeks ago, there cant be anything growing in it yet!

ring them, say you would like your old plot back forthwith.

*incandescent with rage*

[jackie j]

Round two anyone

[BrideXIII]

as soon as tricky has rung them, yes

[lynda66]

lets wait till tricky has rung them ...... then round 2 3 4 5 and 6 if we need to

[lainey lou]

Those flippin council dipsticks, how on earth can they think that this is good enough? they need a good kick up the backside.

[tricky]

i rang at 2 left a message with secretery ,wowed if didnt get an answer back by 3 the letter was off on net ,going to ring later aswell