Got my January bulletin from the NVS through today. This was supposed to be the first copy that the Smithmeister was going to be editing in the new style glossy magazine format before he was unceremoniously excommunicated for being a foul-mouthed oaf! Whilst it's nowhere near the brilliantly witty oracle that it would undoubtedly have been under my stewardship it is however a cracking read and the new editor Dave Allison has done a great job. This year is to be the 50th anniversary of the NVS, and this new style bulletin is definitely a step in the right direction. There is some discussion within it about the dwindling membership of the NVS at a time when there is a nationwide boom in veg seed sales and waiting lists on most allotment sites but the fact of the matter is that in the main it is largely a specialist society for the show grower. Having said that, many members and people on the National Exec. only grow veg to eat so there is an awful lot of information for the table grower to tap into.
I'd thoroughly recommend anyone who is remotely interested in growing to show joins the NVS and it can now be done via their website. There is also a very good forum section for members only and the regular boys of the forum (the forum mafia as I like to call them) are very good at giving information and tips.
I'd thoroughly recommend anyone who is remotely interested in growing to show joins the NVS and it can now be done via their website. There is also a very good forum section for members only and the regular boys of the forum (the forum mafia as I like to call them) are very good at giving information and tips.
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Shame it looks good, I'd never join again after last year tho. Looks like they have made an effort tho.
Give em another go Liam.....who else have we got?
I think after a year of nothing, I should get it for free?, then maybe I'd consider joining the following year.
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