Salmo, would you care to expand on your statement? (For the purposes of entertainment only )
No! Right of free speech and all that.
Oooookay.... You lost me.
Perhaps you mean the right not to speak?
Still, whatever.
I was thinking about your original point; Quote:
"To make a restrictive rule that an allotment site must be all organic is surely an infringment of human rights?.... And those of Sweet Pea 2 and Christine..
I'm not so sure it is against anyone's human rights.
One could quite reasonably turn the argument on it's head and ask "To make a restrictive rule that an allotment site must be inorganic is surely an infringment of human rights?"
For instance, the field we are actually looking at has been cleared for organic use, if so desired.
Part of it, almost two-thirds of an acre, we won't be cultivating, but under discussion is that a portion of that will be used for bee-keeping. One idea, is to make a minimal footprint by simply mowing paths to small cleared areas where the beehives will stand, leaving the flora and fauna to remain as untouched as possible.
Is it wrong to actively try to preserve that patch of pristine wildlife habitat, and the bees themselves, by keeping the area as clear of inorganic substances as possible?
Also, if I wanted to garden as organically as possible, is it not against
my human rights to force me to endure inorganic use all around me which automatically negates my efforts to garden organically?
And after all,
.............. the Organics were here first.
That apart though, I'm sure a compromise will be reached whereby everyone bears in mind the value of leaving our natural flora and fauna as untainted by our efforts as possible, and gardens their allotment in a suitably sympathetic manner..... And the decision will be reached by democratic means, as stated earlier.
Anyways.....
It was THE meeting last night. The one between the council's technical committee (oddly enough, the same people sitting in the same seats), and the Allotment Association. (And a few supporters)
Last week, the council had provided us with an outline of the field on paper, and asked us to draw in the area we wanted for the allotments.
We did, allowing a 'generous' acre and-a-half for the allotments themselves, and another acre for livestock. (Bees and chickens/rabbits.)
Result! They agreed without further, or in fact any ado at all.... To us having two and-a-half acres of Wales' finest countryside in which to raise allotments, keep bees and chickens and rabbits, and with enough space left over for a community garden with which to involve the Brownies, the local primary school, the disabled or/and elderly.
I left with a smile a mile wide.
Lots to do now though, as you can imagine.....................