Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

It's the plot holders meeting tomorrow evening without C. Time to hear what everyone has to say in one place at one point in time. I've got some propositions for them. C has got some scheme that involves some skullduggery which I intend to throw a spanner in. Dinner at my eldests afterwards.
Rained a bit today with temperature around 9C.

 

[Perris]

No.

so how is switching to a lectin-free feed going to self-correct the issue of fatty lumps?

 

[Perris]

It's the plot holders meeting tomorrow evening without C. Time to hear what everyone has to say in one place at one point in time. I've got some propositions for them. C has got some scheme that involves some skullduggery which I intend to throw a spanner in. Dinner at my eldests afterwards.

sounds like a game of Cluedo is in order for after dinner

 

[Solanacae]

C has got some scheme that involves some skullduggery which I intend to throw a spanner in.

You know, you’re very good at piquing one’s curiosity with what sounds like a whole lot of interesting details and then leaving one hanging.

 

[Shadrach]

sounds like a game of Cluedo is in order for after dinner

I already know who done it!

 

[no fly zone]

Ah! I'll look into it. Thanks.

That book changed my life. I dropped 65 lbs without exercising, and my wife and stepdaughter make ridiculously tasty meals on a regular basis.

 

[MaryJanet]

skullduggery

Ugh. How juvenile.

I remember someone at work tried a little skullduggery and was stepped down in due course. That was such a happy day

Tax

 

[no fly zone]

so how is switching to a lectin-free feed going to self-correct the issue of fatty lumps?

Cannot say i understand the science behind it. Maybe i am just being overly optimistic.

 

[Shadrach]

You know, you’re very good at piquing one’s curiosity with what sounds like a whole lot of interesting details and then leaving one hanging.

Sorry about that. You're right. It's a story of many parts...

C has made an offer to buy the new coop. They say they have someone interested in buying it but won't tell me who. Not telling me who became apparent when I mentioned that it wasn't finished and some explanation of what still needed doing and how was needed.
The thing is, C paid their share out of the allotment holders funds and if C bought the coop that money would need to go back into the fund. This means that C doesn't in fact own half the coop, the group does. But from what I gather the group hasn't been consulted on any deal C has in mind. C spent some time on the phone trying to pressure me into a quick sale. I didn't go for it and mentioned that the time to decide what happens to the coop is when there are no chickens.
I know someone I would like to give the coop to. I don't care about the money and C doesn't understand this.

C thinks the allotment holders should contribute both in work and money to the upkeep of the chickens. But, these are most definitely C's chickens. Not many people get past the my chickens/their chickens thoughts and expecting other people to help pay for them isn't realistic when they dont own them and have signed no agreement to do so when they took on an allotment plot.
If as C says, the chickens are the responsibility of the group then it seems reasonable that they should have some say in what happens to them. They haven't been consulted let alone given the chance of a transparent vote.

C sublets the allotments. C charges a nominal amount for each plot. C also has aquired grants for work and materials for the allotments. Nobody to the best of my knowledge has a contract and that isn't legal. Nobody has seen the accounts for the field either.

 

[Shadrach]

From what I have learned, it doesn't matter what one calls an allotment leased from the council (community gardens, Bristol grow project, smallholding etc) allotment law as set out in 1950 still applies. It seems there are different laws for the city farms. All the upkeep is the responsibility of the leaseholder, not those who sublet the plots. C has constantly complained that the plot holders don't help in the general upkeep of the field; grass cutting, rubbish removal, planting in general areas such as the orchard etc.
To keep the field in accordance with the 1950's law is a lot of work. It's particulalry a lot of work for someone who has niether the skills, the money or the time and tools to do it. For examples; a decent petrol driven brush cutter capable of dealing with the brambles and heavy weed growth is an expensive item. Most allotment have a rotovator. They're quite expensive too. There is a large industrial skip on the field which is overflowing with bits of rubbish, scrap metal, concrete, netting, all sorts of crap. Now there is also a mound of rubbish around the skip, enough to fill it again. To get the skip removed costs £180.
The point being that C cannot afford to pay for these things and therefore cant comply with the 1950s law.