Falmouth and District Allotments and Gardens Society

The Town Clerk, Mr Mark Williams, informed the committee that Falmouth Town Council provided awards for worthy causes. So it was decided to submit a bid for £1000 towards the replacement school and community shed, the extra taps, the groundworks to A site, improved security and extending the clubhouse. These are all items in our current Big Lottery bid. The council agreed to support these fully which is great news and shows the great strength of support for our allotments amongst our local councillors. This generous act should hopefully impress the Awards for All, Big Lottery officials and enable us to secure funding that will make an enormous difference to our allotments. Article in Falmouth Packet 20 March 2013 Article in The West Briton 20 March 2013 Falmouth Fire Service Also Supports Our Allotments Following the successful fireworks display of last November, the Fire Station crew were able to offer awards for community projects. We were delighted that we were awarded £250 to...

Following our request in the Feb newsletter, Keelan on C Site has volunteered to look after the petrol strimmer. He may contacted to arrange a convenient time for its use. Details on Newsletter/Service page. Many thanks Keelan.

Do you want to boost your tomato crop and improve the yield and quality of your produce? Richard Viner (John Muir's Associate Member) has many years of experience in horticulture around the world. He is kindly inviting society members to take part in a research programme in which tomatoes are grafted onto a rootstock. Richard is happy to purchase the rootstock seed and special clips, and hopes that as many members who are interested will be able to produce some grafted plants using their own variety as the scion to compare with existing lines on their own roots. No expense from members except a little work and good luck- surgery is never perfect, the odd loss can be expected.  Information and contact details are available.... Tomato Grafting Proposal

We have emailed out the newsletter, but if you prefer a printed copy (one per plot) may be collected from a box outside of the clubhouse. We have also produced a Society Handbook, also available in the box. Again one per plot. We hope that it will be use to new members and of interest to existing members. FDAGS Committee

The company has just taken down it's website for their Allotment Club and they tell me that they are re-thinking the whole process. So sorry, but you won't be able to find the site. If you have placed on order, you should contact them. It'll probably be sent direct. Thanks, Robin Waddling

Many thanks to everyone. These are now in and we can hopefully look forward to a great year of growing and harvesting. Robin Waddling

Many thanks to those members who paid before or at the AGM. If you have still pay your society membership subscription, this must be done by the end of the month in order to retain your plot. Please can you do this as soon as you can or indicate if you are retiring form the society. We can then get on and get  any vacant plots re-let in good time for the Spring. Our Treasurer would be happy to recieve payment through the post as  explained in the letter we sent out before Christmas. Sally will be in the clubhouse on Sunday 27th January 2013 between 10am and 12pm to recieve any final payments. Many thanks. R.Waddling