tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379789993656065142024-03-26T17:43:03.701+00:00Scarcroft & District Allotment AssociationAllotment Association Website, serving fruit and vegetable gardening community in York, North Yorkshire, UK.Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.comBlogger325125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-81962113262096206012024-03-26T17:42:00.000+00:002024-03-26T17:42:04.117+00:00It's time for the AGM<p> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Annual meeting of the Association will be held at 7:30pm on 10 April 2024, at the Hamilton Panthers Clubhouse, Knavesmire Road (near the junction with Tadcaster Road).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">**A picture of the Clubhouse (side view, taken from the cycle path across Little Knavesmire where it joins Knavesmire Road) is shown below. There is free parking on the road and limited parking on site**</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">AGENDA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1148_qsDvZxjhAhsRzBWA_5buzV650dGP/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=102748298844531447989&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank">download this agenda as a document here</a></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d41f8c25-7fff-5318-1087-614c1f787a86"></span></p><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px; text-align: left;"><li aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: -18pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Welcome </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: -18pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Apologies for absence </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: -18pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Minutes of the AGM held 26</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> April 2023 and any matters arising </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-1udni6NNx7XyUhBqr4GxiTXP4z4RMRV/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=102748298844531447989&rtpof=true&sd=true" style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-indent: -24px; white-space: normal;" target="_blank">download here</a></p></li><li aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: -18pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Committee’s / Chair’s report</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: -18pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Treasurer’s report </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tuRBqvIiBEOhSDg6armnA6lallrRvr7e/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=102748298844531447989&rtpof=true&sd=true" style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; text-indent: -24px; white-space: normal;" target="_blank">download last years accounts here</a></p></li><li aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: -18pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Election of the committee </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: -18pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Replacement of Association shop – progress update and opportunity for discussion</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: -18pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Any other business</span></p></li></ol><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-0fc0bfc6-7fff-9e45-0bcd-f166b0b3599f"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 338px; overflow: hidden; width: 602px;"><img alt="clubhouse" height="338" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/nuo3TZao9Dls_nd22cFEJRQ2qLheUL36EJVuRXYgrtUCVjZrH7HF2qNJAvQEXFfNR_b4NUmCd-Mz35ABcdaPxSaqPRm_Aa8EAgvxGqeLXemz0T1to3-4tH9KhGHyHaRr8L-6BmjIij3pwztzTWoaTg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="602" /></span></span></span></div>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-68941766958775873242024-03-15T08:50:00.001+00:002024-03-15T08:53:21.241+00:00A reminder about any special seed orders: please get your order to us by this weekend!<p>List donwload <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yjEeQL9-ii4SrBgIpVK-SHFhO0EEO7wk/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=102748298844531447989&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank">here</a></p><p>Order form <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6137978999365606514/6427860726470958836#" target="_blank">here</a></p><p><b>If you would like to order any seeds, please get your order to us by this weekend!</b></p><p>We do of course also have all the usual (loose, 50p and packeted) seed varieties on sale in the shop, along with desired consumables...</p><p>Please note however - the shop has now completely sold out of seed potatoes (unless you still have uncollected pre-order to collect). So our policy of not overstocking seems to have worked (!)... but it does mean that it is worthwhile placing your order at year end, to be sure of securing what you'd like. Sorry to those of you who were disappointed. </p><p>On an IT note: please disregard any email enthusing about the Allotments Association using "Outlook Groups". This was generated unintentionally after an Outlook upgrade - we have now disabled Groups - it is not a functionality which we plan to introduce. </p><p><br /></p><p>Regards,</p><p>your Association Committee</p><div><br /></div>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-7469206950635683252024-03-10T12:12:00.000+00:002024-03-10T12:12:28.840+00:00The water is back on!<p> </p><p class="MsoPlainText">There are no severe frosts forecast, so Claire and Graham have turned the
water supply back on. <br /><br />One tap, next to plots 80/81, is not working at the
moment, and we've alerted YACIO to this; the nearest working tap to this one is
next to plot 78.<o:p></o:p></p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-64278607264709588362024-02-11T11:41:00.001+00:002024-02-11T11:42:35.051+00:00It's that time of year again!<p><b> Latest news for 2024:</b></p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Our shop re-opens this weekend; Saturday 3rd Feb @ 1:30-3:30pm / Sunday 4th Feb @ 10am - 12 noon</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Potatoes have not yet arrived owing to the cold weather - we are chasing a confirmed delivery date</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Scarcroft site care day - please come and join us for some light litter picking etc on Sunday 25th February, 2pm - 3:30pm</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Please find <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yjEeQL9-ii4SrBgIpVK-SHFhO0EEO7wk/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=102748298844531447989&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank">here </a>a list of the seeds we stock (Seeds 2024). We welcome suggestions for any further items for general stock. </p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>For individual seed orders, please use the seed order form <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1npa5erHCMqu2jXFLPwK7EA1110yL30BI/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=102748298844531447989&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank">here </a>and refer to the packet seed list 2023-24 <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vT8OrxC2-Kdh0EQleM4qt4MvbgKiEINT/view?usp=drive_link" target="_blank">here</a></p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Owing to lack of take up, we have decided not to renew the RHS membership this year, so will not be offering use of their discount card for garden visits.</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Planning permission has been received for the new replacement Scarcroft shop! We will now obtain revised quotes, so watch this space for updates!</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Please find <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ps97N4k4nbNL26WD4pDv-8Kli3HQuN6M/view?usp=drive_link" target="_blank">at this link </a>notice of St Leonards plant fair on 1st May for which donations of plants will be welcome.</p><div><b>FINALLY</b></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Roboto; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">This
year's potatoes, onion sets and shallots have arrived at Scarcroft site shop</span><span style="font-family: Roboto;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Roboto;"> </span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Roboto; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The standard
potato varieties, which can be purchased without pre-ordering - <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Red Duke of York, Charlotte, Desiree, Maris
Piper - </i>are all £1.30 per kilo.</span><span style="font-family: Roboto;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Roboto;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Roboto; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Pre-ordered 2kg
bags of other varieties are £3.00 (£4.50 for Pink Fir Apple). </span><span style="font-family: Roboto;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Roboto;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Roboto; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Onion sets (two
varieties) are £ 2.50 for a pack of 50 (average 220g) or £1.25 per 100g loose.</span><span style="font-family: Roboto;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Roboto;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Roboto; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Shallots (two
varieties) are £4.50 for a pack (400g) or £1.10 per 100g loose.</span><span style="font-family: Roboto;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /></div>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-12008617993618693892024-01-21T12:36:00.000+00:002024-01-21T12:36:54.147+00:00News from our Site Secretaries<p>Dear Scarcroft Allotments Tenants,</p><p>Happy New Year! We hope it’s a successful one for all gardeners! </p><p>At the beginning of February, we’ll be doing an inspection of hedges on the site. Please make sure that work to trim the height of your hedges is at least under way by then so that it can be completed by the beginning of March. Your tenancy agreement states: Hedges and fences should not normally exceed a height of 1.5 metres above soil level. In the case of hedges 1.5 metres is the trimmed winter height (e.g. hedges must be cut back to this height at least annually). Where there is a case for exceeding 1.5 metres in height, for example for environmental, safety, or security reasons, this must be agreed by YACIO. </p><p>Please also look out for any self-sown saplings in your hedge or plot, usually ash trees. These need to be cut right down, or removed if they’re small enough. Any brash from cutting back hedges and saplings must be taken away to the tip or kept within the plot; please do not dump brash elsewhere on the site.</p><p>There are more high winds forecast over the next few days so it’s worth spending time supporting vulnerable plants and checking that any structures on your plot are secure.</p><p>We’ll be doing our usual full inspection of allotment plots around the end of March, to give time for everybody to have their plots ready for the growing season.</p><p>One of our tenants has a children’s slide which he would be happy to give away to anyone whose child would enjoy it. If you’re interested, please contact Rob on 07989 539503. </p><p>We also have a child’s swing, a small playhouse, a plastic sandpit and a small child’s bouncer (sprung surface with safety handle) on a vacated plot. Please contact us at scarcroft.sitesec@gmail.com if you would like to have any of this equipment.</p><p>You may have already heard that after seventeen years of helping to manage the site as volunteer site secretaries, we’ve decided that this year will be our last in that role – time for another allotment tenant (or tenants) to take over! Do think about taking on the job (you don’t have to commit to seventeen years!) and discuss it with other tenants, especially if you think you’d like to share the role with someone else. If you want to know more about what’s involved, we’re happy to have a chat.</p><p>All the best,</p><p>Claire and Graham</p><p><b>Blogger's Note: everyone who gardens at Scarcroft owes a huge debt of gratitude to Claire and Graham for all the work they've done over the years as site secretaries: they've carried it out with diligence, humour and understanding and they will be a hard act follow.</b></p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-82547156997374068602023-11-20T13:25:00.003+00:002023-11-20T13:25:32.927+00:00Join us for an end-of-season gathering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5Yyj55Ku_N6hIAOPAKKRwkiOsbHH22tlm7nDa9VznPVvZD_bpbyTxak2qhy13jdb_OfPHScKbu1QGMIPh2cB7tolCIE8H8ERO-NB6Hy-QO0IvhBpxWY0Y1Xfjoa7cv0xRjYclvSmrwqRTORNNrbVeI8w1Kp3_tiC-VZlY50sUShibOXPgmHwSqxxuHH0/s1754/Mulled%20Wine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="493" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5Yyj55Ku_N6hIAOPAKKRwkiOsbHH22tlm7nDa9VznPVvZD_bpbyTxak2qhy13jdb_OfPHScKbu1QGMIPh2cB7tolCIE8H8ERO-NB6Hy-QO0IvhBpxWY0Y1Xfjoa7cv0xRjYclvSmrwqRTORNNrbVeI8w1Kp3_tiC-VZlY50sUShibOXPgmHwSqxxuHH0/w348-h493/Mulled%20Wine.jpg" width="348" /></a><br /><br /></div><p>On Sunday 3rd December at 11.30 a.m., we're holding our usual end-of-season social get-together at the Association Shop on Scarcroft site, with mulled wine (and soft drinks) and mince pies. We'd love to see you there.</p><p>If you have a little time to spare, and are perhaps looking to volunteer in a community initiative, you might be interested in getting more involved in your Association in 2024. We welcome any members who might like to contribute in any way - particularly anyone who would like to join our volunteers running the shop at weekends. If this appeals to you, then even once every few weeks would be a great help to us! Email us, or just drop in on Dec 3rd. </p><div><br /></div>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-48343388660065872602023-09-26T08:25:00.001+01:002023-09-26T08:25:54.043+01:00Autumn update from the Association Committee<p> Here are some updates for you, to help settle into autumn:</p><p><b>Manure</b></p><p>Manure has arrived TODAY at Scarcroft - £2 a barrowload - please put through hut letterbox, or pay during shop opening hours, or online (enquire if details needed). Why not apply this season, and let the worms do the work over the winter !!</p><p><b>Autumn-planting onions</b> - Senshyu and Winter Red - now on sale in the shop Sat/Sun.</p><p><b>Autumn-planting garlic</b> - Solent Wight - will be on sale from early October.</p><p><b>Seed Potato Orders</b></p><p>This year, you can pre-order 2kg packs from a wide range of varieties, at very competitive prices. These must be pre-ordered in coming weeks - we need to receive your order by Friday 27th October latest. Please see all the details on the order form which you can download <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14ZgphgD2P_yLXIGO-KcBpJGU9ImTOfcJ/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=102748298844531447989&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p>In addition, we'll be offering four popular varieties (see order form) that we will pack in 1kg bags. These can either be pre-ordered now as above, OR bought when we receive the potatoes from our supplier in February (while stocks last only). </p><p><b>Lawn care products</b></p><p>We're doing a clearance sale of large bags of lawn care products. </p><p><u>Feed and Weed</u>: We have 2 x 25kg bags which we're offering for £20 each (current internet price average is over £40 each!) <b>OR </b>£35 for the two;</p><p><u>Lawn Sand</u>: We have 2 x 25kg bags which we're offering for £10 each (current internet price average is over £25 each!) <b>OR </b>£15 for the two; we also have 1 x 16kg bag (current internet price average is £19!) which we're offering for £8.</p><p>Good gardening to all!</p><p>Regards,</p><p>your Association Committee</p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-3431277384434072632023-07-14T17:32:00.000+01:002023-07-14T17:32:02.076+01:00The footpath improvement work at Scarcroft site is now completed<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHS55KRl23kkvETGQ32Xdt9_JdDzWoft_jybPDii5xy4rF0whRxCvetCLMKEi3rhOvYZqtUOnpMSTVxrRZ8BsPZQbfMYHwwHZ_irjGfeJOOtZgZ2bAtbO0AY6L5QZevehD0Ab--ALBl0aFBk0F50erPy3I60cq9nBd5AmRGXuDjw__1-ovNnoQJem7si6/s1346/foortpath%20improvements.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1240" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHS55KRl23kkvETGQ32Xdt9_JdDzWoft_jybPDii5xy4rF0whRxCvetCLMKEi3rhOvYZqtUOnpMSTVxrRZ8BsPZQbfMYHwwHZ_irjGfeJOOtZgZ2bAtbO0AY6L5QZevehD0Ab--ALBl0aFBk0F50erPy3I60cq9nBd5AmRGXuDjw__1-ovNnoQJem7si6/w580-h630/foortpath%20improvements.jpg" width="580" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As you can see, work on improving the main footpath through the Scarcroft site is now completed and has brought about a vast improvement. Our thanks to all involved!</div><br /><p></p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-35744555824122862102023-07-11T11:46:00.002+01:002023-07-11T11:46:50.193+01:00Footpath improvement work at Scarcroft this Friday<p>This Friday, 14th July, sections of the main footpath through the site will be gravelled to improve water run-off and reduce muddiness following wet weather. The car park area of the site will be used for delivery of gravel and machinery for the work, so it will not be possible to park there during this day. We're sorry for any inconvenience.</p><p>The work is being carried out by Jackson, the company carrying out the extensive works on the Tadcaster Road. They are doing the work without charge as part of their community projects, while they are working in the area. We're very grateful to the company for their generosity. Setting up this project on the Scarcroft site has involved Scarcroft Allotments Association, YACIO and City of York Council. </p><div><br /></div>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-69443687342987412002023-04-24T09:15:00.000+01:002023-04-24T09:15:21.334+01:00India's environmental commitment at Scarcroft recognised<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XghJOr6ZkM2kZLoXUifhDTGvaV2ufvl962xG-KEyqPrZKUIbiP-eFVV4LQK_Ot40yCZarOgt7p59zax8b4oP_irQkoiY1nmqbs8IoG4Ry1M_IAt4F7Yb_ce5utO8cU0xc2p5gihTB3l8Lxv-vqzM65fsGk3dp5XSnZMezmZFtbebHNJbbq_qJQ2_0w/s3820/Blue%20Peter.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3820" data-original-width="2472" height="833" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XghJOr6ZkM2kZLoXUifhDTGvaV2ufvl962xG-KEyqPrZKUIbiP-eFVV4LQK_Ot40yCZarOgt7p59zax8b4oP_irQkoiY1nmqbs8IoG4Ry1M_IAt4F7Yb_ce5utO8cU0xc2p5gihTB3l8Lxv-vqzM65fsGk3dp5XSnZMezmZFtbebHNJbbq_qJQ2_0w/w539-h833/Blue%20Peter.png" width="539" /></a></p><p>Congratulations to India Szechy who has been awarded a Blue Peter Badge following the help which she and her plotholder mum Agnes gave during the Site Care Day in February. The badge is a green one which is awarded for caring for the environment and nature.</p><p>For those of us who are slightly longer in the tooth than India It seems that there are two things to celebrate. First, that someone of India's age should set such a shining example. Second, that the Blue Peter Badge scheme is still there to recognise and reward the wonderful things that many young people do. Hats off to them all!</p><div><br /></div>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-68105755659439399392023-04-17T13:52:00.002+01:002023-04-17T13:52:21.478+01:00It's the AGM on 26th April <p>The Association's Annual General Meeting this year will be on 26th April at 7.30 p.m. in the Hamilton Panthers Clubhouse at the Little Knavesmire.</p><p>Please find the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ApPJ7ufckHXQbgD4cZW-ul6-d7zKwWh3/view?usp=share_link" target="_blank">agenda </a>and <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DYR58bzXWVjrs8hIg4yIvGpGZQWiEoGF/view?usp=share_link" target="_blank">draft minutes</a> by clicking on the hyperlinks.</p><p>The annual summary of accounts will be circulated prior to the meeting.</p><p>Also in the downloads are items relating to the Scarcroft Shop replacement:</p><p>- <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19PgtSM2ilR8Vg1kvTc_T1ZtX8rvd9We6/view?usp=share_link" target="_blank">Discussion notes</a> from last year's AGM</p><p>- <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YzJNLZd-vamEJuyXsI7D-JPkDmfMI3db/view?usp=share_link" target="_blank">Draft minutes of Extaordinary General Meeting</a> on this subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>We hope to see you there if you can make it!</p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-83945551330509250962023-03-29T15:55:00.006+01:002023-03-29T15:55:55.834+01:00Site Inspection postponed....and free children's play equipment<p>Given the recent heavy rain, we've put back the date of our first full inspection until around the middle of April, just after Easter, to give a little more time for you to prepare your plot.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqHaSsPIPhFPc0bVnG39Q8orNU8ZgjqrI-tEJPvWVZx5XBKX14wqSl7YYTRKTl4CaAiemBpTPvMM33xG6eEIUC3K2dTI8DY4-B6gpnBk6TiSmMz3hisi2QDUGYwlBgpBg6AaoE5aTs3n-VIgP06GzsWRbbujBWF3CNZudjY2ejkTjww_fi8mOqDOBfQ/s768/Play%20equipment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="576" height="577" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqHaSsPIPhFPc0bVnG39Q8orNU8ZgjqrI-tEJPvWVZx5XBKX14wqSl7YYTRKTl4CaAiemBpTPvMM33xG6eEIUC3K2dTI8DY4-B6gpnBk6TiSmMz3hisi2QDUGYwlBgpBg6AaoE5aTs3n-VIgP06GzsWRbbujBWF3CNZudjY2ejkTjww_fi8mOqDOBfQ/w433-h577/Play%20equipment.jpg" width="433" /></a><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><i>This children's play equipment belonged to a former tenant and is no longer needed by this tenant or by the new tenant of the plot. <br />It's on the footpath near the green 'triangle' on the site. <br />Please take any item(s) you have a good home for!</i></span></div><div><br /></div>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-73000630424297945562023-03-05T17:43:00.005+00:002023-03-05T17:43:54.769+00:00Spring has (almost) sprung!<p>We’re now in the first month of spring, though it looks like being a while before the weather – and the soil – is warm enough for a lot of serious sowing and planting. If there are no really cold spells in the weather forecasts, we’ll be turning the water supply to the site back on in the second half of the coming week. </p><p><br />If you have hedges that need trimming and/or any saplings growing in your plot or on its boundary, now is a good time to cut them back, before the bird nesting season gets under way. Please keep any brash or branches on your plot. If you can’t take them to the council tip or otherwise dispose of them on your plot (even woody brash will rot down for compost given time…), just cut them up and tuck them into the bottom of your hedge.</p><p><br />If you have garden tools that you use on your plot and you’re concerned about security, there will be police property marking sessions during the season where you can get any tools/wheelbarrows etc. marked for free. Local sessions will be at Southlands Methodist Church, 97 Bishopthorpe Road, York, YO23 1NX on the following dates: June 1st, Aug 3rd, Oct 5th from 10.30am – 2.00pm. North Yorkshire Police say: "We will be there to talk about crime prevention and home security, and will be offering the free DotPeen property marking machine as well as the opportunity to sign up to North Yorkshire Police's community messaging service."<br /><br />We’ll be doing this year’s first full inspection of plots on the site towards the end of March. If there are any reasons why you won’t be able to have your plot ready for cultivation by then, other than obvious reasons that we’ll know about such as recently taking over a neglected plot, please let YACIO know ( <a href="mailto:contact@yorkallotments.org">contact@yorkallotments.org</a> ) so that they can advise us.</p><p><br />All the best,</p><p><br />Claire and Graham<br /><br /></p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-34367667951069684792023-03-05T08:49:00.000+00:002023-03-05T08:49:10.312+00:00Free tools at the shop!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkyIXsym9G2BhwKmROypM548neytP37ZJfNsSZ_kgzcbwLG609ENurvIE81J5g02aMnIOfes9KTG-n0bD-HFTldI17FyMowl8BBS4kb831lms7Idjgab3c7BugNYgkyrryagqOpSAaWcI9F-zzLi6Ele1Kgtuh-U9Qe_65Um4avxj-PtYof14dPv0Xaw/s750/tools.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="750" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkyIXsym9G2BhwKmROypM548neytP37ZJfNsSZ_kgzcbwLG609ENurvIE81J5g02aMnIOfes9KTG-n0bD-HFTldI17FyMowl8BBS4kb831lms7Idjgab3c7BugNYgkyrryagqOpSAaWcI9F-zzLi6Ele1Kgtuh-U9Qe_65Um4avxj-PtYof14dPv0Xaw/s320/tools.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>We have a range of used gardening tools, which we’re happy to offer to members. <br /><br />The tools are free, although a donation to the association would be very much appreciated! <br /><br />The tools are available to view in the shop during opening times— <br /><br />Saturdays 1.30 p.m.—3.30 p.m.; <br />Sundays 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon.<br /></p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-51063871097060198252023-02-21T07:35:00.001+00:002023-02-21T07:35:34.672+00:00The shop is bursting at the seams with good stuff for your plot<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hi members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
a reminder that the Scarcroft shop is now open again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span>All
members who placed orders to collect potatoes, please now come in and get
them! </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Also
- our bulk stocks of potatoes (for those who didn't place orders) are already
running low - please get them while you can.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Those
of you who have been members for some years may remember that, before the
pandemic, we could order a select range of packeted seeds from Mr Fothergills /
Johnsons, on your behalf, at a 35% discount. <b>We are now able to offer this
service again. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please
find at these links<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="xelementtoproof" style="background: white; color: black; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s2_k_Kh3RMsxoBl459I-ubjbiZ6efkzv/view?usp=share_link" target="_blank">A list of the packeted seeds we can order </a></span></li></ul><p></p><ul style="margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;" type="disc">
<li class="xelementtoproof" style="background: white; color: black; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></li>
<li class="xelementtoproof" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An order form for these
<br /><br /><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v5UmFq09AREEhExTzjPv7Ry6ed2mX98t/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=102748298844531447989&rtpof=true&sd=true">Microsoft word version</a><br /><br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/13kdteVJ3LWtf0H7YJ6MN-m2_D6zTIrZ4/view?usp=share_link">PDF version<br /></a><br />Please let us have your completed seed order form <b style="color: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">by 2nd March - </b>via email or through
the shop letterbox. No payment necessary until you collect your seeds,
thanks.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="xelementtoproof" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jD8rfvCmwvSCn6K8jWSv0fBTfhREVvux/view?usp=share_link" target="_blank">A summary of the other seeds we have generally available in the shop. </a><br /></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />As usual, we offer many
of your favourites as standard, whether loose by weight, in 50p envelopes,
or packets of the more usual Mr Fothergill's varieties at the same 35%
discount.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="xelementtoproof" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">your Association Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-61205588921478199062023-02-03T13:38:00.000+00:002023-02-03T13:38:01.170+00:00Scarcroft gets ready for spring<h1 style="text-align: center;">The Association shop re-opens <br />on 4th February</h1><p style="text-align: center;">We’ll be open from then on at the usual times:</p><p style="text-align: center;">Saturday 1.30 to 3.30 p.m.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Sunday 10.00 a.m. to 12 noon.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Seed potatoes have arrived and are on sale at last year’s prices, and potato orders are <br />ready for collection.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Onions and shallots have also arrived and are on sale, along with our usual selection <br />of gardening supplies</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><u>Come and check out our special offer on a peat-free compost.</u></i></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>...........................................................................................................</i></b></div><div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Scarcroft Site Care Day </h2></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QPtzWfJBA9LvbF0-ICjXwSuyZGwEq6913v5MCnrapFEHl1I5zldiyRGrVNbrgniCIMb3AkL7VFojDje2hYBRv5Cw54_-J_URsmnp-shYO3_yMRBKem-0WnDmmM77WOgS_i4QxR3aJJeETd2tAvPc_uMm--SqDmO_BPeEumrRw8hmRUGSllq8907DPQ/s8256/shelley-pauls-Tsz-4K1sS9w-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QPtzWfJBA9LvbF0-ICjXwSuyZGwEq6913v5MCnrapFEHl1I5zldiyRGrVNbrgniCIMb3AkL7VFojDje2hYBRv5Cw54_-J_URsmnp-shYO3_yMRBKem-0WnDmmM77WOgS_i4QxR3aJJeETd2tAvPc_uMm--SqDmO_BPeEumrRw8hmRUGSllq8907DPQ/w400-h266/shelley-pauls-Tsz-4K1sS9w-unsplash.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Sunday 12th February</div><div style="text-align: center;">2.00—4.00 p.m. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Come along and help us to tidy up the site for a new season — and join us for tea and biscuits afterwards. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Meet at the shop at 2 0’clock. </div></h2><p><br /></p><p>Photo by Shelley Pauls on Unsplash</p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-106428166547980072023-01-30T07:52:00.003+00:002023-01-30T07:52:57.985+00:00Pruning your fruit trees<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5I0kitY3ctZ5PIdjkabcCpjwcS-OuGs17_VlgfGauxSBDrKeEzu6ynT6-dc122cgNXAyTXTdfNCw9KiF5TCbMj6agXAYojzEQYWn0ztVaT6zNwyUh8m8RyEEoyvlVrt2XUAsxqvMG_l6lS9ILKIXxCZQzMxWA1QIow36QtxV4G_fJTFQBPtArrzz5w/s1500/Pear%20Blossom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="1500" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5I0kitY3ctZ5PIdjkabcCpjwcS-OuGs17_VlgfGauxSBDrKeEzu6ynT6-dc122cgNXAyTXTdfNCw9KiF5TCbMj6agXAYojzEQYWn0ztVaT6zNwyUh8m8RyEEoyvlVrt2XUAsxqvMG_l6lS9ILKIXxCZQzMxWA1QIow36QtxV4G_fJTFQBPtArrzz5w/w400-h349/Pear%20Blossom.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Laura Potts has kindly supplied these notes to help you keep your fruit trees healthy and productive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Aims of pruning</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>To maintain a balance between fruiting and growth</li><li>To maintain an appropriate shape and size to tree</li><li>To keep tree healthy as well as productive</li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>General principles:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Know what you’re pruning FOR: fruit, shape, growth. Know what you’re pruning TO: a growth or fruit bud, to make a spur, to create space and airiness.</li><li>Use clean, sharp tools (learn how to sharpen blades)</li><li>Cut cleanly on a slant, leave no snags (so cut to an outward facing bud or sideshoot)</li><li>Cut weak growth hard, strong growth more lightly</li><li>Keep the centre of the tree open (so you can throw your hat through!); keep the tree’s shape balanced around its centre of gravity </li><li>Keep growth low and horizontal</li><li>Know your shoots: growth buds lie flat to the branch, fruit buds are fatter (and furry later in spring)</li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Pruning process and steps:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Prune trained trees (fans cordons and espaliers) in summer; prune bush and pyramid shaped trees in winter</li><li>Stand back to look at the whole tree often, as you work methodically around it</li><li>Remove dead, diseased or damaged wood</li><li>Remove crossing branches that might rub each other</li><li>Aim for fruiting branches to be horizontal (so cut out any dramatic verticals – although they may bend when laden) </li><li>The tree should ideally have about 10 main permanent framework branches, with laterals (side branches) which produce fruit and are eventually replaced</li><li>Cut sideshoots back by about a quarter to a third each year to make them branch to form fruiting laterals</li><li>After about four years, these laterals should be removed in favour of new fruiting lateral shoots (this is renewal pruning)</li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Laura Potts January 2023 </i></div><div><br /></div></div><p><br /></p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-53666682479129442132022-10-31T16:52:00.000+00:002022-10-31T16:52:30.053+00:00Reviewing your allotment<p>Our site secretaries Claire and Graham have just done another full inspection of the site. They report that <br /><br />"<i>Many plots are being well maintained, but we think that as many as a quarter of the plots on the site could be much more fully cultivated. We’re not thinking of badly neglected plots that have been taken on by new tenants in the past few months – many of these new tenants are doing a great job of bringing their gardens back to full cultivation. We’re thinking of full or half plots that are established, but could be much better gardened. </i></p><p><i>YACIO wants to raise the standard of cultivation on allotment sites across the city. We have particular concerns, which we shared with you in our recent e-mail, that there are still some allotment holders on the Scarcroft site who could be much more ambitious about the proportion of their plot that is actively cultivated. YACIO’s expectations of the standard of cultivation that we should regard as satisfactory are set out in the tenancy agreement: The allotment must be well maintained with the majority used for growing crops with weeds and other excessive vegetation kept in check.</i></p><p><i>We’re writing to you now as this is a good time to take a considered look at your plot. Are the beds large enough to be productive? Is too much of the plot given over to grass – apart from narrow paths for access and a small area for relaxation or for young children to play, most of the workable area of your garden should be actively cultivated. Is your plot bigger than you can look after? </i></p><p><i>If you want to downsize to a smaller plot if that is possible, or give up your allotment, please contact YACIO. If you recognise that your plot needs more time and work, but you’re keen to keep it and improve it, now is a good time to make plans and do the groundwork to make them a reality next spring. Our experience shows that it's usually far easier to work the soil on plots before Christmas than into the New Year.</i></p><p><i>We’ll be doing our first inspection next year a little earlier than usual, towards the end of March. We shall be asking YACIO at that time to send out letters to the tenants of any plots that are not being gardened to the standards that YACIO is setting.</i>"</p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>Lost any keys?</b></h4><p>Have any of you lost any keys on the site? Several sets of keys have been handed in over the past year to Scarcroft Allotments Association. If you think any of them might be yours, just pop in to the association shop and ask. The shop is open from 1.30 to 3.30 p.m. on Saturdays and 10.00 a.m. to 12 noon on Sundays."</p><p><br /></p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-54595242757575289112022-09-30T13:35:00.000+01:002022-09-30T13:35:11.736+01:00Autumn on your allotment<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbtiHJ4Vy9Qmh3FwEQPq6R5pT2lKjA_OyGN_wAa7zN0pbpVr3Y2vrkuPdDpK0jQnMrWqKfhAuQ0aeHcAf4OVin_-Ekf1DrBqBXqP_raK7ACf8bJ_6YKpfnU24KKAUXG680_P6_t5CkNVLF8vN_zRwdIG5Nu1FlYvpGJBVdT8hytYtM13KoSmZ7_P9cg/s2456/Autumn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1428" data-original-width="2456" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbtiHJ4Vy9Qmh3FwEQPq6R5pT2lKjA_OyGN_wAa7zN0pbpVr3Y2vrkuPdDpK0jQnMrWqKfhAuQ0aeHcAf4OVin_-Ekf1DrBqBXqP_raK7ACf8bJ_6YKpfnU24KKAUXG680_P6_t5CkNVLF8vN_zRwdIG5Nu1FlYvpGJBVdT8hytYtM13KoSmZ7_P9cg/w579-h336/Autumn.jpg" width="579" /></a></div>We hope you've had a good growing season this year, in spite of some extreme weather at times. As we go into Autumn and winter, it's a good time to think about some essential jobs on your plot. Hedges should be trimmed and any saplings cut down. <br /><br />YACIO and others did a lot of work on the site earlier this year to cut trees, remove saplings and cut back unmanageable hedges. If your boundary has had trees or saplings or hedging cut back, please make sure you cut down any regrowth, which should be relatively thin and easy to cut and may be soft enough to compost. If possible, other woody waste should be taken to the recycling centre on James Street. If that's not possible for you, YACIO will be lifting the ban on bonfires from October, but please only burn dry woody waste; think about your neighbours and local residents and bear in mind that reports of smoky fires will be followed up by YACIO.<p></p><p><br />Autumn is also a good time to plan for next year. You may want to dig over beds or cover weedy areas ready for clearing in the spring. The majority of plots have been very well cultivated this year, but there are still some allotment holders who, in our view, should be much more ambitious about the proportion of their plot that is actively cultivated; fifty percent is the bare minimum! We shall be carrying out another full inspection this autumn, and we're very aware that we now have a waiting list for plots on the site of over four hundred people.</p><p>And lastly, we'd like to clear up a possible confusion that we've come across from time to time about the roles of YACIO and of Scarcroft Allotments Association, which we're actively involved in, as well as volunteering as site secretaries for YACIO. The full title of the association is Scarcroft and District Allotment and Amateur Gardeners' Association - no wonder it ends up being shortened! But it is an association for local gardeners, regardless of whether or not they have an allotment. The association does a lot of work to support gardeners, but it doesn't have any formal role in the management or maintenance of Scarcroft Allotments. If you have any concerns about your plot or about any aspect of the management and maintenance of the site, please contact YACIO. <br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Claire and Graham<br /><br />Site Secretaries<br /><br /></p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-6330320909623747412022-09-15T07:32:00.000+01:002022-09-15T07:32:01.694+01:00Allotmment shop news re garlic potatoes etc<p>Here is the latest news on...</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b><u>Garlic
- </u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Our
supplier is expecting their first delivery in w/c 3rd October, then will begin
to dispatch. So - we may expect to see it arrive in early-mid October.<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Potatoes - </u></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This year, we will be ordering the following
varieties in bulk, for general sale in 1kg bags:<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">First Early - <b>Red Duke of York </b>(20kg)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Second Early - <b>Charlotte<span style="background: white;"> </span></b><span style="background: white;">(60kg)</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Maincrop - <b>Desiree<span style="background: white;"> </span></b><span style="background: white;">(20kg)</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="background: white;">Maincrop - </span><b>Maris
Piper<span style="background: white;"> </span></b><span style="background: white;">(20kg)</span><u1:p></u1:p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><u1:p>If you would prefer a different
variety, then <b>please fill in and return the downloadable order form by 21<sup>st</sup> October
latest</b> to pre-order your choice of 2kg bags.</u1:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">You can also use the form to pre-order
the 1kg varieties above, if <span style="background: white;">keen to ensure
that you get your first choice - or, first come first served, when they arrive
in February. </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><u1:p><span style="background: white;">Microsoft Word version of the form can be dowmloaded <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1if_ufEvWnhQ6MhngnaIJ7sIWdO1UVorS/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102748298844531447989&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank">here</a></span></u1:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="background-color: white;">PDF version of the same form can be downloaded <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xPcFfuR2cQlzCsw5a8qr0ex1idyQaudY/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a></span></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-61236118479656452212022-08-29T09:05:00.000+01:002022-08-29T09:05:29.457+01:00It's our hut Jim, but not as we know it<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwfj1G2BPCb_Edbc37dfYeFJ_UJBCKjuB78FIXbWxPQ1aKSm5bHQWnLSm7TByWHDmgBuPaxOkuOX2yBHGS6DxzOrW-1c_LZAq2pzow78fs7S5391rm77ViGoHoGC4onmD-Wh_rE5xdKQteJraQTDEPmH8MB5tC8Rj1eTeszJ7Noo7KPyJF0IToF1RzQ/s768/Filming%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="576" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwfj1G2BPCb_Edbc37dfYeFJ_UJBCKjuB78FIXbWxPQ1aKSm5bHQWnLSm7TByWHDmgBuPaxOkuOX2yBHGS6DxzOrW-1c_LZAq2pzow78fs7S5391rm77ViGoHoGC4onmD-Wh_rE5xdKQteJraQTDEPmH8MB5tC8Rj1eTeszJ7Noo7KPyJF0IToF1RzQ/w476-h634/Filming%201.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p>Erebus Pictures have been filming locally for a new production, <i>Flotsam,
Jetsam and George</i>. <br /><br />Last Wednesday, they transformed part of the
Association shop into the set for scenes centred on an adventure camp and here are some pictures of the amazing results.Cocoa and ghost stories anyone?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NoKZJhHpITzis0JK_iY4T0IiSeUl_vXNtxvigBGTqgCpxn70uu4ZzHPRo12sWLKzIN4VDYM4WJR7HXS8nUJicTcbGdvtCtR0jRm4tFFAj5iUbHlUSCyTpkeCa96Xp_Nk07EnU2T6GGH212iv2OHE4P-8E_aTUeO1dvWnlHBBbhuHXSqNCdWUYf4KVg/s1390/Montage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1390" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NoKZJhHpITzis0JK_iY4T0IiSeUl_vXNtxvigBGTqgCpxn70uu4ZzHPRo12sWLKzIN4VDYM4WJR7HXS8nUJicTcbGdvtCtR0jRm4tFFAj5iUbHlUSCyTpkeCa96Xp_Nk07EnU2T6GGH212iv2OHE4P-8E_aTUeO1dvWnlHBBbhuHXSqNCdWUYf4KVg/w556-h496/Montage.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>
<p></p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-74394675635792717432022-07-18T07:25:00.003+01:002022-07-18T07:25:37.402+01:00Summer update<p><b>Heatwave precautions</b></p><p>We hope you're all keeping well, especially during the heatwave this week. </p><p>If you have a pond on your allotment, please try to keep it topped up during hot, dry weather; if you don't have easy access to rainwater from a butt, tap water left to stand in an open container for a couple of days will become gradually less alkaline and can be used to top up. If you're planning to make a new pond on your allotment, please contact us first to ask for a permission form to fill in - it's a simple process similar to the one used to get permission for structures such as sheds and greenhouses.</p><p><b>Plot inspection</b></p><p>We've just done our fourth inspection of the season. While the majority of plots are being well gardened, and a number of previously neglected plots have been transformed by new tenants, we have found some cases of neglect recently. On a well-established plot (rather than a neglected plot you've only recently taken on as a new tenant), YACIO's stipulation in the tenancy agreement - that the allotment must be well maintained with the majority used for growing crops with weeds and other excessive vegetation kept in check - should be seen as a basic requirement; if the majority of the plot (i.e. over half) is not under cultivation, YACIO will issue a warning letter.</p><p>On some plots at this time of year, there can be an issue with tall, seeding grasses; please cut these down and compost the cuttings - any vegetation cleared from your plot must be composted or taken away. We have seen several places recently on the site where tenants are dumping material cut from their plots. This is not acceptable and YACIO has followed up instances of this in the past.</p><p>Sadly, there have been a few reported instances of vandalism, anti-social behaviour and the theft of plants or crops. Please continue to report incidents to the police via 101 or the North Yorkshire Police website. It's also a very good idea to mark your plot number on the underside of any garden furniture on your plot, so that it can be returned to you if anyone takes it to another part of the site.</p><p><b>The Collective Sharehouse</b></p><p>We'd like to pass on a message from a local charity that some of you have supported in the past:</p><p>The Collective Sharehouse would welcome donations of fresh fruit/veg if people have a surplus and would like to contribute to this community food support, in the heart of the Micklegate ward. </p><p>‘Robust’ fruit & veg would be most suitable and it can be dropped in to The Sharehouse whenever it’s open – Tues & Fri 9:15-11am or Weds 5-6pm. </p><p>The Sharehouse is located within Clement’s Hall and accessed via the rear entrance on Cygnet St (at the bottom end of Swan St). </p><p>We continue to share food on 80+ occasions every week with families and residents who are facing financial hardship and we are encouraging cooking and using fresh produce as much as possible. So any and all help/donations will be gratefully received! </p><div><br /></div>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-47715679855780256502022-06-07T07:34:00.000+01:002022-06-07T07:34:02.692+01:00AGM coming up soon!<p>The Association 2022 AGM will take place on Thursday 16th June at the Hamilton Panthers Clubhouse, Little Knavesmire. <br /><br />The meeting starts at 7:30pm and memeber of the current committee will be there well before that.</p><p>This is your chance to hear about the Association's activities during the last year and to vote (and, perhaps, to stand for!) the committee </p><p>You can view the papers for the meeting <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YKPY4z3odnovjfBdJYuXbFU5MEIivukN/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102748298844531447989&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /></p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-1459114206740897792022-04-13T17:48:00.001+01:002022-04-14T08:52:34.189+01:00Clearing brash and saplings from the Scarcroft site<p style="text-align: center;"> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GMUw6ye98wculnuHyFEyfGLrM3rqS_D5sYtpm1SOvf4zIr_wM7Un41x9Bh1rPF-tSBsMIseYhG4wZEoPfklVX4mkzvKY6-NsBzDCFzkTg0J3rftBdKyYisHWlT86oNZJLuSY39hB3SC6DIn7Wg17oZe4Btj93pKKJ3EAVzADsNpMYShsvaXAC0vR_g/s1125/Good%20Gym%20April%2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1125" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GMUw6ye98wculnuHyFEyfGLrM3rqS_D5sYtpm1SOvf4zIr_wM7Un41x9Bh1rPF-tSBsMIseYhG4wZEoPfklVX4mkzvKY6-NsBzDCFzkTg0J3rftBdKyYisHWlT86oNZJLuSY39hB3SC6DIn7Wg17oZe4Btj93pKKJ3EAVzADsNpMYShsvaXAC0vR_g/w535-h348/Good%20Gym%20April%2022.jpg" width="535" /></a></div><br /><p>In March, YACIO approved the cutting of several overgrown hedges and about twenty-five self-sown saplings on the site. <br /><br />Last Monday, 11th April, twenty volunteers from Good Gym brought down masses of the brash and cut timber to the car park. They did a fantastic job, moving in 45 minutes, what would have taken the site secretaries days to achieve! <br /><br />They added a huge heap to the pile that site secretaries had moved down at the weekend. The material was all shredded on the following morning, so wood chippings are again available as they were after the Association’s hedge and site care day in February: Help yourselves!<br /><br /></p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137978999365606514.post-78650239723128454462022-04-08T08:45:00.000+01:002022-04-08T08:45:36.347+01:00Coming soon to Scarcroft: the mighty Mikron Theatre Company<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFd4YC3HnMUvRXzaEFsy00rbGEnAvDyJXOjozZfoCAb2Z7hecDlrBNvg6bSB4bW92JPsQHnNmh0I94WRSOXoA28mj43KaaH28Qv6E0ZL1MZpe-K8n2LzjEJa_CvlzBFYMjft2Ea5hFfHYXJZ0aIsE-J7s4VXFLLYvjs9cpPwXsB61dqYftlBrBNzbjwg/s826/redskyatnight_Page_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="575" height="619" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFd4YC3HnMUvRXzaEFsy00rbGEnAvDyJXOjozZfoCAb2Z7hecDlrBNvg6bSB4bW92JPsQHnNmh0I94WRSOXoA28mj43KaaH28Qv6E0ZL1MZpe-K8n2LzjEJa_CvlzBFYMjft2Ea5hFfHYXJZ0aIsE-J7s4VXFLLYvjs9cpPwXsB61dqYftlBrBNzbjwg/w431-h619/redskyatnight_Page_1.jpg" width="431" /></a></div><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"> <i>"Through the chronicles of history people have gazed up and marvelled at the mysteries of the weather."</i></h4><p>The weather, talking about the weather and planning for the weather occupy a central place in British hearts and minds - perhaps even more so for allotment holders and gardeners. </p><p>Come and enjoy Mikron Theatre Company's production of Red Sky at Night at Scarcroft Allotments. Curtain up at 2pm on Sunday 22nd May. <br /></p>Scarcroft and District Allotment Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415974161469657583noreply@blogger.com0