2024-06-25 10:04:18 -
Paul D. Foy -
So far the allotmenting in Birkenshaw is proving more of a challenge.
At Dursley the site was very favourable: sandy chalky soil (no brassica club root, easy to prepare), on the sheltered lea of a hill (no nuisance wind to spin roots around) and birds were not as much a nuisance (there must be a greater shortage of bird food in a more urban setting).
In Birkenshaw we have already lost the gooseberry crop to birds - not thinking they would need protection even before they were ripe.
Protection from birds is not just needed for young brassica seedling but for the mature plants as well! (and this has been witnessed).
So this is cost and expense and considerable inconvenience to provide this.
We have no economies of scale and cannot afford that say 30% of the crop is wiped out.
Wind is a problem.
This is why Birkenshaw was not settled early - the land is not as good and it is an exposed area.
The �85 allotment rent doesn't help either! (no taking into account the nature of the site, no taking into account the increase in labour and running costs).
I'm still hopeful we are going to at least break even else we've lost at least one of the three reasons: (saving money, freshness of produce, exercise and well being).
2024-06-08 20:11:05 -
Paul D. Foy -
I'm working from a computer with a very tight select delay hence the 3 previous posts by mistake.
2024-06-08 20:09:31 -
Paul D. Foy -
Of course the Nazi's were well known for extolling the virtues of the (Bavarian) agrarian lifestyle and ethos, in contrast to their much despised socialist orientated city inhabitants, and also extolled the virtues of being productively occupied.
But how that developed into murdering millions of people and plundering much of Europe I don't really know.
2024-06-08 20:09:30 -
Paul D. Foy -
Of course the Nazi's were well known for extolling the virtues of the (Bavarian) agrarian lifestyle and ethos, in contrast to their much despised socialist orientated city inhabitants, and also extolled the virtues of being productively occupied.
But how that developed into murdering millions of people and plundering much of Europe I don't really know.
2024-06-08 20:09:30 -
Paul D. Foy -
Of course the Nazi's were well known for extolling the virtues of the (Bavarian) agrarian lifestyle and ethos, in contrast to their much despised socialist orientated city inhabitants, and also extolled the virtues of being productively occupied.
But how that developed into murdering millions of people and plundering much of Europe I don't really know.
2024-06-08 19:52:48 -
Paul D. Foy -
The photo of the night time scene taken by my video camera to spot birds highlights a few issues.
(1) There's a lot to do, they don't seem to be any low cost or sophisticated aids for the allotmentor.
Sure if you work in a big Company you can do clever things to look after John Deere et al.
There's money in it for you there, but doing simpler things with a smaller remit - not much reward.
And there's a big need for the simple easy to use and understand, concepts distilled down in a user friendly way.
(2) You can't be macho man as a homemaker, or one does innovative things to help out here in our society! Doesn't buy food (and you've no help in growing it!) or a nice house or flat.
Not a glamorous as a fast car (I'll leave the women out here :)).
So it's not just the (female) history personnel needing help.
2024-05-23 07:28:48 -
Paul D. Foy -
A photo of scenes from Birkenshaw allotments.
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