Sterling work this week from the working parties (and action man J in particular - give that man some beer!), clearing the collected rubbish at the top of the allotment site, digging out long-unused plots and laying hardcore at the allotment entrance to prevent the gateway becoming a mudslide in rainy weather. These are the kinds of people on whom the infrastructure of allotments (and any community activity) depends.
It will be interesting to watch the way in which the site develops over the next six months - I suspect it's been a while since there has been so much change on the site, resulting in an influx of new plot holders. I wonder if this will resolve - or intensify - the tacit divide between the lower and upper plots on the site...?
One of the landgirlz met with another allotment holder - I'll call him Basil - tonight to discuss a new writing project. We plan to create a sociological map of the allotments and to flesh it out with a series of profiles, journals, visual images and creative pieces. 
Grayson Perry does some great maps - have a look for amusement
ReplyDelete