Author Archives: Colin Will

About Colin Will

Writer, poet, publisher. Previous career as scientific librarian, IT administrator and senior manager.

Garvald Show

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Colin Will

The full show schedule, with all the categories, staging details, awards and prizes, is available as a downloadable pdf file here.

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Growing away

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Colin Will

Apologies for not posting recently – I’ve been looking after my mother in Perthshire a lot this year, as she’s been very ill. However, she’s now feeling a lot better, and the Social Care people have been looking after her, … Continue reading →

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2011 season

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Colin Will

The soil is still wet and cold, but it’s time to start planning for the year ahead. Talking of planning, I’ve just been advised that the Thistly Cross allotments have at last been granted planning permission, subject to certain conditions. … Continue reading →

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End of season

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Colin Will

We’re heading into November, when growth in gardens and allotments should start to slow down, but late October has been very mild, and crops (and weeds) are still flourishing. I’ve harvested the last of my beans, but carrots, beetroot, fennel … Continue reading →

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Allotment Get-Together

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Colin Will

The Thistly Cross allotment holders are having a get-together on Saturday 2nd October at 3pm. We’ll be getting an update on the planning application, plus we’ll have the chance to discuss the future. We’re also going to make it a … Continue reading →

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Meetings

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Colin Will

Autumn is the season for meetings – ah well, the evenings are getting too dark for gardening. Anyway, the Dunbar Allotments and Gardens committee will be meeting in October. We’ll be getting updates on theThistly Cross allotments, and on our … Continue reading →

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Dunbar Flower Show 2010

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Colin Will

Dunbar Flower Show will be held on Saturday 11th September in the Parish Church Hall from 1.30 to 5pm. There are classes for Flowers, Vegetables, Fruit, Floral Art, Handcrafts, Baking and Photography, and there are also classes for children to … Continue reading →

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School allotment

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Colin Will

Well done to the pupils of Dunbar Grammar School for their achievement in their ‘Dragon’s Den’ competition. The winning proposal, funded by sponsors which included Be Green and Sustaining Dunbar, is to create a school allotment on school premises. I’m … Continue reading →

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Progress

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Colin Will

It was as recently as the 19th of June that the committee first visited the Thistly Cross site. The following day some of us came back to measure and mark off the plots, and this is how it looked: During … Continue reading →

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Dunbar Allotments site

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Colin Will

This is the first post from the Dunbar Allotments and Gardens Association. We’re grateful to Sustaining Dunbar for helping us to organise a website, and we’ll be using it to keep members and the wider community up to date with … Continue reading →

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