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Why oh why, do plot holders whinge when asked to tidy their plot up. Do they not understand that their mismanagement affects their neighbours. Surely, if someone says something to you in an official capacity, there is a reason.
I don't think that we are ever going to get the allotment sites looking as we would like them to look because the rules are too lax.
However I am a chaotic gardener and my plot is far from tidy - some may say that it is a bit of a mess and I love it like that - it is however cultivated and generally productive. I personally don't see that it is anyone else's business how tidy my plot is - as long as I am not breaking any rules of course.
Call me an old cynic but I can't help wondering if our newbie Digmore is a regular poster who has registered a new ID to make the opening post.And posting pictures on the internet of your neighbours allotments to say "look how terrible this plot is" is rude and also a privacy violation. Sorry, but I think this is unacceptable.
Quote from: digmore on August 04, 2011, 23:10:56Depends what you mean digmore. If you are referring to cultivation and keeping weeds (and therefore seeds) under control then I absolutely agree.However I am a chaotic gardener and my plot is far from tidy - some may say that it is a bit of a mess and I love it like that - it is however cultivated and generally productive. I personally don't see that it is anyone else's business how tidy my plot is - as long as I am not breaking any rules of course.I agree with you barriedalenick, I think that much as it may annoy other plot holders, it is our plot, we pay for it, and we are cultivating it in our own way, we are not stopping someone else from having the opportunity of having a plot, so we should be allow to conduct our own management..if we don't keep within the guidelines I hope that this is brought to our attention in a nice way.There will always be a mix of tidy and untidy, but surely we can all live together. :)
I believe the Admin people are able to find out if people join under different IDs and I certainly have no objection to them looking into Digmore's registration.As for the photos I put up - the allotments are a public place and I don't think privacy is being violated. I have not named the plotholders concerned.I suggest that you put me on 'Ignore'. This isn't the first time you have found what I post to be objectionable.