14th October 2011

CREWKERNE: Support for new allotments

By Marion Draper

HARD work and determination has resulted in a new plot of 25 allotments at Lyewater, in Crewkerne, thanks to support from local businesses, and the town council who presented £500 to the scheme last week.

Chairman of the scheme, Jason Balfour, is a relatively new resident in Crewkerne but before he moved last October, he knew he wanted somewhere to grow his own food.

Thanks to contact through local Green Party representative Ben Hartshorn, he was introduced to the possibility of reclaiming the sloping field between Barn Street and Lyewater, which was made available in late March.

Unfortunately only a little clearing of the dense bramble which covered much of the field, could be done before nesting season so the project had to go on hold with only a small area was cleared but now there are 12 people working their plots with more set to come on board shortly.

Mr Balfour said the irony now was that he had been so busy organising and getting other people set up, that his own plot has been a little neglected this season, and he hadn’t managed to grow as much as he would have liked. The other members said they were very grateful to Mr Balfour for his energy and sacrifice in moving things forward for all of them.

Mr Balfour said they were very grateful for the money from Crewkerne Town Council which would go towards creating a fence between the plots and the public footpath through the field.

He added that they had other people to thank, particularly the land owners, Tony and Sylvie Rymell, Gary Singleton from Crewkerne House Clearance who had donated a whole lot of tools from his house clearances and James Hardware for donations, also C Down agricultural contractors who cleared the land.

PICTURE: SUPPORTING THE FIVE A DAY - Lyewater Allotment Scheme were presented with a cheque from Crewkerne Town Council by deputy mayor Robin Pailthorpe

CREWKERNE: Support for new allotments

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