Cripley Meadow Allotments Association

We have been reclaiming Cripley Meadow since the end of 2005 and this web site will eventually hold a record of that reclamation.  For now the photos show one of our biggest problems ...rubbish! So far we have had to remove over £9,500 worth, some accumulated over 100 years of bringing on 'useful things' and some simply modern dumping. We are now careful not to let waste accumulate so that our children's children do not have the same problem... but we try to encourage inventive recycling. Please remember an attractive, productive and cultivated plot/site is a healthy and safe plot/site. 

Cripley Reclamation 2005   Cripley Reclamation 2006  Cripley Reclamation 2007 Cripley Reclamation 2008  
John Sivell, Vice Chair with David Johnstone of Arcadian Living.  We have let Plot 84, which is too low to cultivate, to Arcadian Living as a compost site for some of their green waste. Here they are getting the plot ready.  Yjey will keep it cut and turned.  members can use the grass cuttings in their compost or as green mulch if they wish.  The idea is the gradual acaaumulation will provide additional material to raise the level of plots that are too low.  Arcadian Living donate money to our site to help with road maintenance.