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Started by realfood, March 18, 2009, 20:02:43

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realfood

March 18, 2009, 20:02:43
I wonder if anybody else noticed a "puff piece" by Joe Swift in last Saturday's Times supplement.
What concerned me was that only one website was mentioned for follow on advice, and it was not Allotments4all. :( And there were several inches of blank space under the only entry!!!
I have already written to the features editor of the Times, suggesting that they should have used the spare space to include Allotments4all, and I would recommend that others should write as well to promote our site. This is one way to bring our site to the attention of the general public.
To make your point, go to
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/tools_and_services/services/contact_us/
and choose features at the Times.
For a quick guide for the Growing, Storing and Cooking of your own Fruit and Vegetables, go to www.growyourown.info

realfood

March 18, 2009, 20:02:43
For a quick guide for the Growing, Storing and Cooking of your own Fruit and Vegetables, go to www.growyourown.info

Barnowl

#1
March 19, 2009, 10:44:30
I'm not sure I want to be drawn to the attention of the general public  :)

Froglegs

#2
March 20, 2009, 10:20:01
Joe......who ???

realfood

#3
March 20, 2009, 22:01:36
Joe Swift is a garden designer who last year decided to start an allotment and have it filmed for the BBC. He also was on the BBC for an hour tonight.
I feel that it is important to keep Allotments4all to the forefront of the very competitive field of gardening forums, by taking every opportunity to promote it.
To try and get a free mention in a national newspaper, is one way of doing this.
For a quick guide for the Growing, Storing and Cooking of your own Fruit and Vegetables, go to www.growyourown.info

redimp

#4
March 21, 2009, 00:03:08
Joe Swift got seriously and at time personally slated for his allotment by the members of this site who like to criticise everything the BBC has to offer.  No wonder he passed over mentioning this site.
Lotty @ Lincoln (Lat:53.24, Long:-0.52, HASL:30m)

http://www.abicabeauty

Robert_Brenchley

#5
March 21, 2009, 15:15:58
It wasn't very nice at times. OK, we could see he was making mistakes, but don't we all?

realfood

#6
March 21, 2009, 20:08:37
I think that his allotment series got slated on most gardening forums. You should have seen the BBC forum.
For a quick guide for the Growing, Storing and Cooking of your own Fruit and Vegetables, go to www.growyourown.info

tonybloke

#7
March 21, 2009, 20:20:31
You mean you ain't got an Allotments4all banner on the back of your vehicle?? ;)
You couldn't make it up!

Eristic

#8
March 21, 2009, 21:02:48
QuoteAllotments4all banner on the back of your vehicle??

If they've been printed, why have I not been sent one or does Dan think my van is too muddy?

flossy

#9
March 21, 2009, 21:11:42


   It's not just mud  ---   It's A4A mud,    ;D


   floss xxx
Hertfordshire,   south east England

tonybloke

#10
March 21, 2009, 23:06:13
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made my own!
You couldn't make it up!

elvis2003

#11
March 22, 2009, 00:10:32
thats great tonybloke,i wonder if dan could issue a flyer for us to print off?but then,i asked him ages ago if he would be up for me to promote this website on my own lottie site,via pm,and he hasnt bothered to reply to me,hmmmmm something i said?
when the going gets tough,the tough go digging

realfood

#12
March 23, 2009, 21:12:37
On the information link page of my website I have this:-
For answers to some of your questions, and general discussions about allotments, try the Forum at www.Allotments4all.co.uk
For a quick guide for the Growing, Storing and Cooking of your own Fruit and Vegetables, go to www.growyourown.info

Borlotti

#13
March 23, 2009, 22:10:56
Joe Swift is an OK bloke.  His wife and children are also OK and dig his allotment and enjoy it, so everyone can shut up, or else.  He was very upset about all the fuss about his raised beds, but he is a garden designer and loves his allotment so give him a chance.  A bit better than Alan Titchmarsh on TV with his sex for old people and his fiction books are rubbish.  Think he should stick to gardening although he has been voted sexy, but it doesn't work for me.  Apart from the fact he 'has got out of his pram' his is an OK bloke but they do get an inflated view of them themselves, I think.

betula

#14
March 23, 2009, 23:43:06
I agree Borlotti.Joe is cool 8)

Froglegs

#15
March 25, 2009, 20:36:50
Quote from: redclanger on March 21, 2009, 00:03:08
Joe Swift got seriously and at time personally slated for his allotment by the members of this site who like to criticise everything the BBC has to offer.  No wonder he passed over mentioning this site.
A4A don't get a mention on A sparrows meadow so who's up set you then. ;) ;D

redimp

#16
March 28, 2009, 16:56:32 Last Edit: March 28, 2009, 17:00:18 by redclanger
I shall rectify that when I can be bothered ;D

Hang on!!  Was shocked for a minute - do you mean somebody apart from me actually looked at my blog!!! :o
Lotty @ Lincoln (Lat:53.24, Long:-0.52, HASL:30m)

http://www.abicabeauty

tonybloke

#17
March 28, 2009, 17:08:57
yep! some of us do actually read other folks' blogs ;)
You couldn't make it up!

SMP1704

#18
March 28, 2009, 17:50:51
This is sort of on topic........

I'm going to buy a new shed and before I press 'buy now', I thought I would check out the ads on here for a shed supplier - not a single one :o :(

Or am I looking in the wrong place?
Sharon
www.lifeonalondonplot.com

asbean

#19
March 28, 2009, 17:58:56
I think there needs to be a discussion about sheds - the word repeated several times to get the shed adverts.

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