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The Competition winners for this year are as follows :

Best newcomer to the site Plot 3N Jeanne Newby 1ST PRIZE £30.00

Runner up Best newcomer Plot 23 Cristian Teodorov 2nd PRIZE £20.00

Best Kept Plot 1st Prize Plot 56 Garry/Alison Giff 1ST PRIZE £30.00

Runner UP Best Kept plot Plot 55 SandraDeacon 2ND PRIZE £20.00

Well done to the Prize Winners !

OLD LANE ALLOTMENTS COMMITTEE

We have a builders skip arriving Thursday 29th August – morning time for all to utilise. Green waste should be composted. Wood can be burned with a small controlled fire. We must stress you should only bring on to site items that can be used on your plot. The skip becomes full far too quickly with non allotment waste been put in them. Remember we have over 80 members so if you can take some waste home for your brown, green, black bins, it will leave more room in the skip for the whole site to utilise. THESE ITEMS CANNOT BE PUT IN THE SKIP – ASBESTOS, PAINT TINS, CARPETS, PLASTERBOARD, TREE ROOTS – TRUNKS AND ROOTBALLS, CAR TYRES, HAZARDOUS WASTE.

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Our Annual General Meeting Will Take place On Thursday 24th October 2024 From 6.45pm

            South Leeds Conservative Club, Wooler Street, Beeston, Leeds , LS11 7JH

Buffet included from 6.45pm

                                 

TO PAY PLOT FEES –  ORDER/PAY FOR SEED POTATOES –  rent statements and potatoe order forms will be printed next week and given out to members

ORDER/PAY FOR KINGS SEEDS – catalogues are being distributed next week.

Old Lane Allotments

Dear Members

The lock has now been replaced.

Old Lane Allotments

Dear Members

The entrance has been closed off as another lock has broken. Can all members please use Old Lane entrance. This should be sorted by Monday am. We are going to send the padlocks back to our supplier. They will tell us the fault. They might not be suitable, or it could be miss use.

Old Lane Allotments Committee

Our treasurer Steve Johnston (plot 10) came across a gardener from Leeds on social media creating blogs & giving out great gardening tips. He has been receiving a lot of racist abuse on line.

We decided to send him some photos of members on Old Lane Allotments with the (Dig it out) sign to show solidarity. We are proud of our allotment site & we have plot holders from all over the world growing food to feed their family’s & friends. This is a reminder of our blog originally published in 2021.

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Dear Members

It has now been reported on several occasions about dog poop, on the allotment main path through the site.

Do the decent thing and pick it up. One person is going to spoil if for the rest of the dog owners on the site who like to bring there animal companion with them. Don’t let it get to the point where we have to to stop dogs coming on the site because of one person/dog owner.

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It has been brought to our attention that members are finding items going missing from plots. Only last week a member said they had French beans stolen. Another member has reported that rotten down Compost from her compost bin has been taken, a substanchle amount. This is theft and it won’t be tolerated. Anybody going on someone else’s plot without the plot holders permission is trespassing and is in serious breach of there tenancy.

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The Leeds City Council rules state to grow 60% edible crops, fruit and Vegatables etc. The other 40% of your plot which can include a greenhouse, shed, pollytunnel and flowers which comes under the category non edible crops. If your plot is not in a satisfactory condition over the growing season, not cultivated, or you are not utilising the land Old Lane Allotments has the right to refuse your annual rent & the tenancy of your allotment garden will be terminated without warning . This section is in our rules and regulations which all members have a copy of. The waiting list for our site is over 20 people wanting an allotment garden. We are under extreme pressure from Leeds City Council basically make sure your plot is all planted up & cultivated over the main summer months of the growing season.

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Path ways between plots must be maintained

To All Plot Members

Just a reminder that pathways have to be clear for access. It is the responsibility of plot holders to keep the grass cut on adjacent paths between plots to keep the site well maintained.

Thank you

Old Lane Allotments Committee