[Cheviot]

Hi,
I was just looking at this months Home Farmer mag, in the back page it gives details of smallholder associations, and I see that there is a new one added which is BASH, I've just had a look at the website and it seems to be outdated with the last items added in 2012. Does anyone know if it still exists?
Regards
Sue

[Fleecewife]

No it's pretty much defunct now.  We haven't met for over a year, the newsletter has stopped and as you see the website hasn't been updated.  The problem was hardly anyone turned up for visits.  We used to visit eachother's smallholdings to look around, have a little workshop, followed by tea and cake  in the summer months, then in the winter we had invited speakers giving evening talks.  Each year we had a hog roast (most members came to that  until the last one.

Most of us are still in touch, but nothing formal.  Shame 

[doganjo]

Perhaps we should join up ? CSSA has had dwindling numbers this year too. Let us know what you think.  Some of your members were at Simon and Cheryl's last summer I think..

[Cheviot]

Hi

No it's pretty much defunct now.  We haven't met for over a year, the newsletter has stopped and as you see the website hasn't been updated.  The problem was hardly anyone turned up for visits.  We used to visit eachother's smallholdings to look around, have a little workshop, followed by tea and cake  in the summer months, then in the winter we had invited speakers giving evening talks.  Each year we had a hog roast (most members came to that  until the last one.

Most of us are still in touch, but nothing formal.  Shame 

That is a shame, I had thought that since it was being advertised, they might have been trying to get it going again.

[Fleecewife]

BASH was always somewhat rudderless so I expect no-one has thought to remove the info or shut down the site.
What it needs is an energetic committed leader to get things up and running again.....   Fancy the job Cheviot?

We never had a committee, or subs, or a structure, which had its pluses and its negatives, but it was great fun while it lasted.


Doganjo - there are several ex-BASH members on TAS, so they can answer for themselves, but I honestly think that if members couldn't drive 10 mins to get to a meeting locally, then they won't be travelling further north to CSSA meetings.  Having said that, Simon was a member and has joined you, but he is far to the north of our catchment.  His open day was for both groups, perhaps to get us all together?
I have thought of joining you but I know I would only turn up about once a year.