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Archive of FEDAGA Newsletters


No.116 May 2022                               The Value Of An Allotment - Community Empowerment Survey - Grants Update
​No.115 April 2022                              Longest Serving Plotholder - Still Persevering - Lights Go On - Chipper Visit - SAGS
No.114 March 2022                            Bog Standard Issue: Toilet Report - Trading For You - Edible Edinburgh
No.113 January/February 2022            FEDAGA Shop - Victoria Park Extension - Horse Manure Hotbed - Bridgend Farmhouse

​No.112 December 2021                      Midmar Swan Rescue - New Rules Have Arrived - Burning: A Better Way is Coming
​No.111 November 2021                      Keep Carbon In The Soil - Toilet Talk - City Plan - Is There A Shred Of Interest?
​No.110 October 2021                         Stenhouse Community Wildlife Garden - Scran Academy - Scotland Grows
No.109 September 2021                     £10K Windfall - Trading Time - Show Winners - Gilbert Clark Foundation Launch 
​No.108 August 2021                           AGM Proposal - Virtual Show - Craigentinny Goodwill - Gilbert Clark Foundation
No.107 July 2021                               Virtual Show - New Rules - More Benefits - Green Micro Grants - The Dowling Effect
​No.106 June 2021                              Water Wisely - Growing Locally - Pilrig Park Historic Recipes - Kings Ransom Returned
No.105 May 2021                               Remembering Andrew Reid - West Mains - Portobello East Junction - Saughton Mains
​No.104 April 2021                               SAGS: A Phoenix Rises - The Allotment Formula - Feed Your Plot - Lauriston Farm
No.103 March 2021                             Balgreen Revival? - Around The Sites - Allotment Officer - How To Dig - Seaweed
No.102 February 2021                         Chipper - Leith Links Latest - Winter Palace of Inverleith - Baronscourt Bailout
No.101 January 2021                          Food Growing Strategy - Restalrig Lockdown Lifeline - French Beans Under-rated 
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​No.100 December 2020                       Wildlife Survey Results - Growing Locally - The Big Compost Experiment
No.99 November 2020                         Winter Wildlife Watch - COVID-19: Advice/Memories - Pallets - For Peat's Sake
​No.98 October 2020                            Review Of The Year - Potatoes, Onions, Shallots & Leeks - Irra Pairra Pears
No.97 September 2020                        Winners Revealed - Armageddon Flood - Bonfires - Allotment Anthotypes - AGM
No.96 August 2020 - Extra                   Small Grant Scheme Launch - North and South of The Border - The Garden Cure
​No.95 August 2020                             The Virtual Show - Small Grants Scheme - Bonfire Ban Blues - Wildlife Survey
No.94 July 2020                                 The Virtual Show - Toxic Courgettes - FEDAGA Dagger - Small Grants Scheme
Important Information issue and Welcome issue (No.93) to members recently added to improved distribution system
No.93 June 2020                                Marking A Year Like No Other -  Lockdown Update - Virtual Show - Seaweed
No.92 May 2020                                 Wildlife Survey Results - Beware, There's A Thief About! - Leek Plant Offer
​No.91 April 2020 - Extra                      Message From FEDAGA President - Show Cancelled - Leeks - Well Gardened Mind
​No.90 April 2020                                 Lift Your Spirits With Nature - Keep Your Distance, Keep Your Allotment Open
​No.89 March 2020 - Covid-19               Open For Business, But Please Read Carefully - Advice On Keeping Safe
No.88 March 2020 - Extra                    SAGS Covid-19 Statement - Cancellations - Newsletter Distribution Plans
No.87 March 2020                              Is My Allotment Safe In A Pandemic? - Potato Club - Pollinator Progress
No.86 February 2020 - Extra                Council Allotment Rules and Regulations Consultation - FEDAGA Shop
​No.85 February 2020                           Lady Road Old Photos Appeal - The New Glyphosate - Scottish Tools Project
No.84 January 2020                            Gilbert Clark - Wildlife Survey - Rules, Regulations, Revised Re-written

No.83 December 2019                         Welcoming Garden and Zoo Poo at Saughton Mains - Glut Busting Cookbook 
​No.82 November 2019                         FEDAGA Co-Founder Retires - First Aid Kits - Inverleith 
​No.81 October 2019                            Allotment Poetry - First Aid Kits - The Foxes Of Warriston - AGM
No.80 September 2019                        Show - Wildlife Watch - Trading Scheme - Dundee Trip 
No.79 August 2019                             The Equisetum Edition - Dundee Trip - Allotment Show - Lethem Park
No.78 July 2019                                  Leith Links Persevere - Noticeboard Repair Scheme - Compost Delivery
No.77 June 2019                                 Saughton Scarecrows - Emergency Procedures - SASA Results
No.76 May 2019                                  Warriston Communal Plot - SAGS Gathering - Giant Hogweed
No.75 April 2019                                 Photography: Inverleith - Mindfulness - Wildlife: Lady Road
​No.74 March 2019                               Killandean Visit - Potato Club - Potato Scab - Cash Giveaway
No.73 February 2019 - Extra                 Potato Flavoured Issue - Compost - Dundee Trip - Seed Swap
No.72 February 2019                           Fruit Pruning - Northfield: Water Success - When You Can't Go To The Plot
No.71 January 2019                            Balgreen Proposal - SAGS Workshop - Rebate Doubled - Vandalism Warning​

No.70 November/December 2018         Show Success - Composting Guide - Financial News - Food Growing Strategy
​No.69 October 2018                            Dutch Allotments - AGM - Trading Schemes - Grow Observatory
No.68 September 2018                        A Plotting Good Day Out - Duddingston Show - Telferton Open Day
​No.67 August 2018                              Northfield's Missing Water Supply - Tattie Boiling - Gardening In A Drought
No.66 July 2018                                  Edinburgh Allotment Show - Consultation Time Again - Big Butterfly Count
No.65 June 2018 - Extra                      Dundee Show - MY Harvest - Edible Edinburgh - Storm Hector 
No.64 June 2018                                 MY Harvest - Dundee: Book Your Place - SAGS Conference - Zoo Poo
No.63 April/May 2018                          Your Data - Dundee Food Festival - Feed The 1000 - Big Bee News
No.62 March 2018                               Winter Notes - Bridgend Farmhouse - Resilient Allotment Communities
​No.61 February 2018 - Extra                 Potato Club - Gardens Can Bring Beauty and Dignity to Refugees - Voles
No.60 February 2018                           Running Out Of Winter - Last Chance For Cheap Compost - Shop News
No.59 January 2018                            Implementing Allotment Legislation - Save £££s - Why Buy Seed Potatoes?
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​No.58 December 2017                         Bean Trial Results - Guiding The Government - Multidrum Soil Screener
​No.57 November 2017                         Midmar Centenary:100 Years of Digging - Allotment Act Consultation
No.56 October 2017                            Trading Scheme - AGM
​No.55 September 2017 - Extra              Zoo Poo - Rod/Rat For My Own Back - Allotment Show - Dean Gallery
No.54 September 2017                         (Not So) Magic Carpet - Design 2030 Now - Prickly Protection
No.53 August 2017                               Edinburgh Allotments Throw Open Their Gates - Glut Solution 
No.52 June/July 2017                           Visit to SASA - Carrot Tops - After The Election
No.51 May 2017                                   The Rain Dance - Allotment Show - Allotment Diary and Grow Lamps
​No.50 April 2017                                  Allotment Strategy: Cultivating Communities - Pollinator Day
​No.49 March 2017                                The Spud Edition - Spending Priorities
​No.48 February 2017                            Carrot Flyless Carrots - SASA Potatoes - Gardeners' Question Time
​No.47 December/January 2017              Subscription Advice - Pollinator Pledge
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No.46 November 2016                          Blog Launched - Council Allotment Spending
​No.45 October 2016                             Stenhouse Special - Pollinating Insects
No.44 September 2016 - Extra              Midmar - Allotment Show   
No.43 September 2016                         Saughton Mains 
​No.42 August 2016                              New Zealand Flatworm Survey - Weedkiller Woe
​No.41 July 2016                                  Plot Size Matters - Heritage Potato Visit
​No.40 June 2016                                 In Praise Of... The Allotment Officer - Rent Rise Response
​No.39 May 2016                                  Urban Butterfly Project - Tools Shed Project
​No.38 April 2016                                  Planners Find In Favour Of Telferton
​No.37 March 2016                                Rent Rise - Parsnip Corner
No.36 February 2016                            Edinburgh's Lost Walled Garden - Minimise Waste
No.35 January 2016                             Return of the Allotment Show - Abu Dhabi Allotments

​No.34 December 2015                          Council Budget Consultation
​No.33 November 2015                          Budget Proposals: Special General Meeting - Telferton
No.32 October 2015 - Extra                   Allotment Rent Rise, Round Two
No.31 October 2015                             When The Plot Isn't All Wine And Roses - Plum Glut?
​No.30 September 2015                         Telferton - Himalayan Balsam - Froglife - Grand Theft Astro
​No.29 August 2015                               Danish Allotments - Allotment Walls - Rent Rant
​No.28 July 2015                                   Save Telferton Allotments
​No.27 June 2015                                  How To Plug The Funding Gap? - Gardening Scotland
​No.26 May 2015                                   Things To Do In May - Allotment Officer's Report
No.25 March/April 2015                         Allotment Legislation - The Way Forward
(Two extra "mini" issues)                       FEDAGA Shop - Training Opportunities
No.24 February 2015 - Extra                  Rent Rise Cancelled
​No.23 February 2015                            Photo Appeal - Rents: D-Day Dawns - Vandalism
No.22 January 2015                             Telferton Threatened Again - Heritage Potatoes 
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No.21 November 2014 - Extra                Allotment Law - Rent Rise Campaign Gathers Momentum
​No.20 November 2014                          Anti-Rent Rise Campaign Builds - Allotment Soil Is Best
No.19 October 2014 - Extra                   Join The Campaign To Prevent Rent Increases  
No.18 October 2014                             News Of Rent Rise - Allotment Spending Report
​No.17 September 2014                         Winners of Allotments Competition - Asbestos - Brown Bins
​No.16 August 2014                               Allotment Competition: A Judge's Report - Vertical Gardening
​No.15 July 2014                                   Bumble Bee Survey - Site Clearance Initiative
No.14 June 2014                                  New Site at Drumbrae - Brown Bins for Allotments?
No.13 March/April/May 2014                 Allotment Competition - Website News
​No.12 February 2014                            Rats - Plotholder's Progress - Council Spending Plans
No.11 December 2013/January 2014      Save Our Seeds - Save Craighouse - Community Empowerment

​No.10 - November 2013                        Leith Links Open Day - President's Review
​No.9 - October 2013                             Annual General Meeting - Trading Scheme - The Alloted Month
​No.8 - September 2013                         Growing Curiosity - Edinburgh Hosts Allotment Officer Day
​No.7 - August 2013                               Winners of Edinburgh In Bloom Allotment Competition
​No.6 - July 2013                                   Blight-Resistant Tomatoes - Allotment Design Guide
​No.5 - June 2013                                  Polytunnels - More on Bees
​No.4 - May 2013                                   Allotment Consultation - Time For Plan Bee
No.3 - April 2013                                  Forest Gardening - How I Dig
No.2 - March 2013
                                Review of FEDAGA Activities - Nettle Beer - Wester Hailes
No.1 - February 2013                            Growing New Gardens - Mycorrhizal Fungi - Keep Britain Buzzing
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