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Some people - when they know that a plot inspection is imminent - will turn over a small patch of ground and make it look like it is a work in progress and then leave it for the rest of the year. So possibly it is a way of re-invigorating a site?
Thanks for the replay's to my questions, I can see the advantage to some weed inspections, but it s a shame that the committee has a few plot holders they dislike so a few knifes will be out while a lot gets away with out even digging their plots let alone planting any crops, with the hon. treasurer and hon. sec. having 3 plots and vice char, two plots with not a thing planted!!!! But we'LL see what will turn out.
If it was up to me(a big if) I would suggest that the people with unkempt allotments should have to give up half to someone on the waiting list, which is growing all the time. We have quite a few plots on our site where only half the land is being used.
Quote from: shirlton on June 02, 2009, 14:43:20If it was up to me(a big if) I would suggest that the people with unkempt allotments should have to give up half to someone on the waiting list, which is growing all the time. We have quite a few plots on our site where only half the land is being used.I did this with a new plotholder who took a half-size plot last October but did very little work to it. I persuaded her to give up half of it, making her plot into what our Council calls 2 "mini-plots". They are still a decent size for someone just starting, but all she has done is cover with black plastic but not plant anything. It's time for me to have another Word with her. ::)