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Grow Your Own / Re: Beetroot problem..
« Last post by vikingraider on Today at 18:53 »
Looks like leaf miner
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Grow Your Own / Re: What I did on the plot today 2024
« Last post by vikingraider on Today at 18:50 »
Went over with the push mower. Snapped my spade then the bottom fell out of my growmore fertiliser box.  :wacko: Planted some squash i had in the cold frame
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Grow Your Own / Beetroot problem..
« Last post by AndyRVTR on Today at 17:35 »
Hi all, can anyone tell me what's happening with my beetroot please.. no signs of infestation of any kind, but its like the leaves are starting to go 'mushy'?
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s for tea? 2024
« Last post by wighty on Today at 17:24 »
We're trying the Rani Pasta that they keep advertising on the telly as the corner shop has a special offer on it. Basil sauce  and cheese with.   Garlic bread on the side.
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Is it really mid summer soon.  I haven't put my winter clothes away  yet, yet alone get the summer ones out.  Dull, a couple of showers but at least the breeze has dropped.
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Welcome to the Forums / Re: Hello from Essex (thurrock)
« Last post by Aunt Sally on Today at 17:14 »
Welcome, Snailbane.

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Welcome to the Forums / Hello from Essex (thurrock)
« Last post by Snailsbane on Today at 16:23 »
Snailsbane here.
Hello everyone.  I'm in Thurrock.  I have 12 chickens on my one and half plots and I am a committee member on my Allotment. 

I'm here mostly to see how others deal with admin and rule changes for allotments, keeping livestock and ideas about lowering our site's catastrophic water bill!  I'd like to keep up with the thoughts and ideas of others to help make our site better for our members and hopefully share a few of our sites wins and disasters!
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: A plague of tiny slugs
« Last post by New shoot on Today at 14:57 »
I get them under the back door sometimes and just sprinkle a thin line of table salt on the floor along the bottom of the door frame. The front door may be more problematic depending on what floor surface you have there.

It needs wiping up and replacing fairly frequently, but a lot less of a yucky job than disposing of slugs.
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I have a plot and am site rep on a council run site and we are not allowed chickens.  They are permitted on a couple of sites in the area, but you have to apply for permission.  This is their wording on the subject if it helps.

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Chickens

Livestock may NOT be kept on allotments, EXCEPT xxxx and xxxx Allotments, where the keeping of chickens/ducks is permitted, with written consent of the Council and subject to the following special conditions, A- The numbers of chickens/ducks must be manageable; B-the livestock are well and humanely managed; and C- they do not cause any danger, nuisance, interference, disturbance or annoyance to Tenants or to anyone else including members of the public and the owners or occupiers of the neighbouring and adjoining property or plot holders. The Council may decide that keeping livestock on the site would be prejudicial to health or a nuisance and has discretion to suspend permission to keep chickens/ducks on site.

For what it is worth, my experience as site rep has mostly been positive, but I have had a couple of people of a similar mind set to your tenant.  Just telling people what the rules are is not heavy handed and if people are doing things without permission, you have every right to tell them there are consequences if they persist.  They are trying to ride rough shod over you and make their own rules and that is just not how it works - either for allotments or life in general.

I would say stick by your guns and tell them if they continue to do so, they risk eviction.  You don’t have to actually start any steps to do this.  That may be enough to stop them.  If not, I would say go ahead and start the process.  You are not evicting someone for being flaming difficult, they are doing that to themselves  ;)

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Grow Your Own / Re: Outdoor Tomatoes
« Last post by Anton on Today at 14:38 »
Lucky you, Marijke.
It's rain almost none stop over here in Belgium.

Anton
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