Moss
Lea Allotment Society
Minutes
of the Committee Meeting held on
Tuesday
28th April 2015, 8pm at Astley Bridge Cricket Club
Present
Steve
Barlow, Steve Cowell, Steve Watson, Andy Warburton, Gwen Kinloch,
Phil Almond, Ray Hardcastle, Steve Richardson, Lesley Cryer,
Pauline Oliver
1.
Apologies
Joe
Tarkowski.
2.
Minutes of the Previous Meeting
Minutes
of the last meeting held were accepted as an accurate record.
3.
Matters Arising
There
were no matters arising from the previous minutes.
4.
Secretary's Report
Steve
reported on the last ABAS meeting, which included a talk on growing
show onions. The next meeting will include a talk on showing all
kinds of vegetables and is open to all members. The start time of the
ABAS meetings has been put back to 8pm. There is also due to be a
talk from the police about improving security on allotment sites. All
plot holders can come along to ABAS meetings.
The
introduction of combination lock across Bolton allotment sites has
not met with great success and many sites have gone back to the old
lock as the combination locks were found to be fiddly. In light of
this it was decided that Moss Lea would continue with the existing
lock.
ABAS
have stressed that any problems with liaison with the Council should
be communicated to them and they will provide the liaison with
Malcolm Russell at the Council.
On
10th May 1pm at Harper Lane allotments there is going to be a free
drama performance, more details will be posted on the Moss Lea
website (a Google search for "Moss Lea Allotments Bolton"
finds the site easily).
Steve
reported that two plots do not seem to have seen any activity
recently. One of these had recently been to stage 3 of the eviction
procedure, so the process is likely to start at this stage. The other
one will start at stage one if no cultivation takes place.
Plotholders are reminded that plots should be kept in cultivated
state as a condition of tenancy.
Most
membership fees have been paid.
There
has been no further progress with the Council re a decision on
allowing greenhouses on plots.
5.
Site Maintenance and Repairs
As
the skip could not be booked for 25th April it will now be on site on
2nd May and will be picked up later in that week after the Bank
Holiday.
The
cold frame area has been cleared and three spaces are available.
Anyone who wants a space should let Steve Barlow know and they will
be allocated on a first come first served basis. The other existing
cold frames are thought to be in use, anyone who is using these
should make themselves known to Steve Barlow. More spaces could be
made on the area lower down, behind the greenhouses.
A
new bin has been constructed in the composting area and the existing
bins covered. Plotholders are reminded to only put compostable
material in the bins.
Flagging
is underway in front of the amenity hut and the roof is to be put on
the garage. This work will take a few weeks, as time allows.
The
broken panes in the greenhouse have been reported to the Council, but
there has been no response yet. The damage was done by a plastic
table during high winds. Everyone should be mindful of this and
ensure that items are secured to prevent them from being blown around
the site in windy weather.
6.
Annual Show and Competitions
All
classes in the show are to remain the same as last year.
Details
of competitions and shows will be posted on the Moss Lea website.
8.
Any Other Business
Phil
Almond brought along a card which had been passed on by Tommy, the
show judge, thanking him for the donation of half of his judging fee
to Marie Curie. He had received similar thanks from Shelter, the
recipient of the other half of his fee.
9.
Date of Next Meeting
Tuesday
26th May 2015, 8pm at Astley Bridge Cricket Club.
