On this page updated 9 March 2011

Please ... we'd like our DVDs back! 

The name change and the Annual Meeting

The Autumn/Winter Programme

 is ending

Anything to publish?

Police Allotment Watch,

Site news

SMARTWATER & What to do if things are stolen.

[Tell the town Hall & Police, please, so that they can build up a picture of what's

happening, even if no action is possible in your case.]


Some time ago we lent a set of DVDs about

allotmenting to a member: they still have them!

If that's you could you now find them and return to the Hon. Sec., PLEASE!!

We can't re-lend them otherwise.

The Scarecrow BBQ is on June 5th.

book the date in your diary NOW!

(and plan your Scarecrow too)


Maurice Barber will be giving his report on the

past year's work at the ANNUAL MEETING on

MARCH 24th.

We had an excellent attendance last year - we hope

everyone will come along.  We have two vacancies

on the committee: we look forward to having

nominations for the new committee which will

mean that there is at least one if not two from each
 
site on the committee. The annual report of the

Hon. Treasurer and the accounts are in the Newsletter.

(Click HERE to see a *.pdf of the Spring Newsletter)

 It contains a chart of times to maturity and

temperatures for germination which we hope

people will find useful and which is aimed at

getting things in in time for the SHOW

(on July 10th this year)

Most people know that our association has
 
changed its name - We are getting a

whole new website shortly.
 
We are the Felixstowe Society of
 
Allotment and Leisure Gardeners... FSALG

      and Cheques in the new name now 'Work' !

The 

AUTUMN and WINTER SERIES

The last of these meetings is on

APRIL  28th.

NOT Tuesday the 26th

as has been accidentally announced


Speaker:

John Hewson
on

"Greenhouse Gardening"


Anything to declare?
If you've got something interesting, something you found on your plot, what grew well, or

a photo of an unusual item, tell Chris Leffler ( see WHo's WHo' page) and send him your

copy and/or photos he will put it into the Newsletter.


Allotment Watch...

You have all had the Allotment Watch leaflet.  We are actively using

this scheme on all Felixstowe sites.  Signs are now up, and foot patrols

of police are being mounted.  Members should tell the Police and Town

Hall about  anything suspicious they see.

 

more about this at the Annual Meeting

Cowpasture
There are even more new plotholders now, and many more  have joined the Association - welcome! The more members we have the more powerful our voice.

We still need to (politely!)  tell anyone who tries to push through at the "bottom" road that this is not allowed: the hedge is to stop people doing just that!!  Some people seem to think that no fence or barrier should deter them !! 
We are pleased that most of the bushes planted in the long hedge along the A 134 are alive and some are already showing leaves

We are pleased to find the big gate is more and more often closed.
We have a new latch so that motorists only need to push it back and it will be held open, no need to stop to put the rope over. 
The anti-scurity plotholders are still
leaving the gate latched but with the lock open and the code showing and some are locking the lock outside the latch. This is foolish! It is INsecurity, if you think about it! Your plot and shed as well as mine is at more risk




Ferry Road


The new planting along the field fence from the new footgate is fine, We hope that pruning it will make a really secure hedge in a short time. We did have one incident of vandalism of the lock, sadly.  As it had not occurred before we hope it was an outisder, not a member or a plotholder.We believe it has stopped most dog-walkers and stray ramblers cutting through and, of course, made it harder for  thieves. 


Railway Hill


Security is still a problem because of people's persistent damaging of locks and leaving the gates open.

The Council reminds you that this is criminal damage to public property,
The locks do not belong to  the Allotment Society.
The Society works in partnershhip with the Town Council and provides know-how and puts them in place because it believes they will help provide security to plotholders' tools, sheds and produce.

MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT THE

PERSON WHO LEFT THE GATE

UNLOCKED

when things are stolen don't

forget to report it to the Town

Hall or to the Police who are

working closely with the Town

Hall and the Allotment Society to

stop this happening as far as we

can.