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Lil
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Re: Why so abandoned?
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Reply #20 on:
September 18, 2003, 01:20:27 »
by the way (again ;D)
its on the first bit of Herdings Road, in case you didn't know
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September 18, 2003, 17:26:22 »
Hi Lisa,
<they have just chopped it all down to soil, and the hedge to 5 foot>
WOW sounds like heaven lol!! At the moment I've decided to persevere with my new one. I've cut some of the hedge down (took 6 foot off it) ! and at least I can see sunlight now. I will definitely check out Herdings over council if I get too bogged down with this one. Council - never again basically!
Just for a nosey, I went to Hagg House today. :o ??? :o it's about the worst I've seen as far as overgrowth for a whole site and I thought I'd seen some bad ones. Absolutely disgusting the whole thing. No paths to speak of and the water taps have been taken off. JIM I suggest you gently INSIST that the council sorts out the water, they are getting away with too much.
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Reply #22 on:
September 18, 2003, 20:18:48 »
Hi, Bramble.
So, you ventured into the wilds of Hagg House, eh?
The one we took is do-able - I'll put some piccies up tomorrow to show what progress we've made. But yes, most are in a horrible state.
Incidentally, have you misunderstood my post about finding a water supply? We haven't tried it, but the concrete lump containing a tap was, we hope, a good find. Or do you know something we don't?
Jim
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Bramble
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Reply #23 on:
September 19, 2003, 10:40:33 »
Hi Jim,
The only water supplies I noticed were two stand pipe type things (grey, about 3 foot high) and both had the tap missing. I must have missed the one you have found. Are you being charged for water? If so then there's obviously access to it somewhere.
I found approx 4 "just about" usable allotments with remains of sheds, and about the same number of shedless ones. There was only one I noticed that had anything growing - a row of runner beans, on their own, surrounded by weeds :-/
I began on the lower path and hoped it would lead me in a semi-circle to the top path, but after losing myself in 5 foot weeds I turned back and headed up the road to the second row.
I really look forward to seeing your pics. To be honest if there IS water, then yours is no worse than mine - except for the paths to it!
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jsheard
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September 19, 2003, 18:10:17 »
Hi, Bramble.
Hm - if you were on the lower path, I'm sure you would have spotted ours. 3 in on the left, the only one you can actually walk into. A pity - yesterday was the first day I haven't been there. I could have offered you a coffee :)
Piccies at
http://www.jsheard.co.uk/allotment/index.html
Jim
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Reply #25 on:
September 19, 2003, 20:05:23 »
WOW, you've made some excellent progress! I'm sure I never saw that one, but I only kind of glanced in the ones that you could actually see lol.
Anyway you've made me feel way behind now, because we got them at about the same time I think, so I'll have to get down to things a bit faster :)
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