Fire trouble

[Alison]

If in doubt ask your site rep if its okay for you to have the fire, they can't come back and then say you shouldn't be able to complain.

Worth remembering this is not an option on many sites that don't have reps. We just talk to each other and try and be considerate. Probably easier on a small site like ours (10 plots) though than some of the larger ones.

[Bigmallly]

I think it was the Site Rep who gave Jonny the ear bashing after agreeing it was fine to have a fire.

[Lisasbolt]

I am too scared to ever lit a fire, when you see mountains blazing and can't be put out and so many things dying in the path, just i don't dare. My horrible horrible neighbour (owns the land next to us) had a fire and set the whole area on fire even took out some of my house with it, the helicopters were taking water from people's pools. Scary very very scary, fires should be used for warmth in a proper burner.

[jonny the plant pot]

I think it was the Site Rep who gave Jonny the ear bashing after agreeing it was fine to have a fire.

It was but he thinks im great now as I built his shed for him .
Learnt my lesson now gunna build a new shed with a log burner.

[21up]

I had the same problem this year. We went away for a few days and came home to a huuuuge bough of a Conker tree on my lawn. It took us 3 days to clear it. Chain saw, chipper and a fire. There was lots of debris that just wouldn't go down the chipper and was just too much to clear and bag. I asked all the neighbours before hand and didn't light it till late. Said neighbours came laden with garden rubbish that they wanted to get rid off....
I light a log fire every evening from September - May. Love the smell.

well done scarlet keep them fires going dont worry about sarcastic comments from others

[Scarlet]

It was but he thinks im great now as I built his shed for him .
Learnt my lesson now gunna build a new shed with a log burner.

Coffee and baked spuds on your break! I think Snadger has a log burner in one of his greenhouses?

[jonny the plant pot]

I actually asked for permission to build a 2 floor shed which would of incorporated a LSHAPE bottom floor and a panoramic top floor for seed sewing but was told NO as the height limit is 6ft 6 inch so I think more favours for members of the committee is due.

[Snadger]

Their have been moves a foot to actually ban log-burners on Newcastle allotment sites! Thankfully sense has prevailed and it is up to each allotment association committee to decide whether log-burners are allowed on that particular site.
As 50% of the committee on our site, including myself, have log burners, I'll give you three guesses as to what our allotment stance is going to be!

[Hans Mum]

We cant have them as the neighbours rightly complain

We have an area for putting unusable/rotten wood & have a big bonfire on 5th Nov and maybe once again during the year....but make sure its late and at the bottom of the site away from the houses.