Archive of FEDAGA Newsletters
No.119 July 2022 - Extra Trading Special - Grow Local - Leith Links Lava(s)tory: The Conclusion
No.118 July 2022 The Show: New Format And Location - Craigentinny Golden Jubilee - Small Plots
No.117 June 2022 FEDAGA Goes To Holyrood - Welcome To Wester Hailes And East Scotland Street Lane
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
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?
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
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
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
No.118 July 2022 The Show: New Format And Location - Craigentinny Golden Jubilee - Small Plots
No.117 June 2022 FEDAGA Goes To Holyrood - Welcome To Wester Hailes And East Scotland Street Lane
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
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?
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
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
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