Dieseljockey
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Well after a 2 year wait we now have our own patch of ground to grow what we want.. :party: :party: it has a small shed, a sorry looking apple tree, a strawberry patch, blackcurrants, and raspberries. Now the fun starts... 
An allotment at last.
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Andyhull
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I had an allotment for about 10 years then had to give it up due to family commitments, a sorry day that was.
I used to go and get everything done and not want to leave, I would just hang around talking and felting things a bit more than they needed some times
Anyway, enjoy it and congratulations :thumb:
Andy
I used to go and get everything done and not want to leave, I would just hang around talking and felting things a bit more than they needed some times
Anyway, enjoy it and congratulations :thumb:
Andy
evanvine
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How can he NOT grow hops? :shock:Bobw said:
Baz Chaz
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Had to give up my allotment when we moved, still miss all the veg rarely bought veg once I got the crops right, look out for a spare chest freezer :thumb:
Lots of planning and digging for you buddy, or if you're lucky a rotorvator to do the hardest bit for you.
We were very lucky to have a 'communal' rotorvator which was available for everyone, included in the annual rent, just had to leave it with a full fuel tank when you finished, worked really well.
rarely bought veg once I got the crops right, look out for a spare chest freezer :thumb: Lots of planning and digging for you buddy, or if you're lucky a rotorvator to do the hardest bit for you.
We were very lucky to have a 'communal' rotorvator which was available for everyone, included in the annual rent, just had to leave it with a full fuel tank when you finished, worked really well.
Dieseljockey
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Thanks guys... :thumb: I think I'm going to need more help than I do with my brewing. :lol: :lol:
Funny thing is...this was one of the first thoughts I had, when we got the phone call. :hmm:
got lucky with one with everything you can think of.. :party: :party: ready to go Baz.
evanvine said:
Funny thing is...this was one of the first thoughts I had, when we got the phone call. :hmm:
got lucky with one with everything you can think of.. :party: :party: ready to go Baz.
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Congrats on the Allotment!
I miss mine. Had it for 5 years then work commitments and starting a family made me get rid... still miss it.
If youre in greater manchester im sure i can fimd a few hours to give you a hand if you like. May have a load of seeds that you can have too (ill have a good look over the weekend).
Going to finally get round to turning my back yard into a small growing plott this spring... 1st thing going in... youve guessed it Hops!!!
Need to do some brewing in your shed. Had a mate who built a small cellar like space under his shed... filled it with straw and fermented his kits in his shed.
I miss mine. Had it for 5 years then work commitments and starting a family made me get rid... still miss it.
If youre in greater manchester im sure i can fimd a few hours to give you a hand if you like. May have a load of seeds that you can have too (ill have a good look over the weekend).
Going to finally get round to turning my back yard into a small growing plott this spring... 1st thing going in... youve guessed it Hops!!!
Need to do some brewing in your shed. Had a mate who built a small cellar like space under his shed... filled it with straw and fermented his kits in his shed.
jonewer
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They can be bloody hard work and a distraction from brewing but I do like my lottie (and is soon to be micro-cider orchard)
Vossy1
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I had a 600 square yard plot for 4 years, gave it up due to vacant plots either side blowing weeds in constantly...not fun...it was 8' of brambles when we started you can imagine the work we walked away from :cry: Moved from that to a standard 300 square yard plot on a different site last August as no others available. This one had a smashed caravan on and weeds 4' high...now spotless...then last week a bigger plot came up, 28m by 19m :shock: ...luckily the guy who's giving it up had been tending it for 40 years, he's now 88 and still digs 2 other plots of equal size by hand :clap:
My one piece of advice, if you're short of time get a mantis Tiller, they make weeding and turning over unbelievably easy, though they're no substitute for digging over :thumb:
My one piece of advice, if you're short of time get a mantis Tiller, they make weeding and turning over unbelievably easy, though they're no substitute for digging over :thumb:
jonewer
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Yeh, I should have got a mantis.
Instead I got one of these
http://www.mowdirect.co.uk/acatalog/EIN ... ILLER.html
Brilliant piece of kit. Only its the same size and weight as HMS Invincible. Try squeezing that into the back seat of a VW Polo!
My lottie was severly neglected. This is the 3rd year we have had it now and we're only just beginning to make headway against the perennial weeds and couch grass.
Instead I got one of these
http://www.mowdirect.co.uk/acatalog/EIN ... ILLER.html
Brilliant piece of kit. Only its the same size and weight as HMS Invincible. Try squeezing that into the back seat of a VW Polo!
My lottie was severly neglected. This is the 3rd year we have had it now and we're only just beginning to make headway against the perennial weeds and couch grass.
Vossy1
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:lol: ...fair bit cheaper though
It takes time and sometimes you'll never win
My new lotty has a boundry with a communal field, couch grass and bind weed come through the palisade fence...some of the roots are as thick as your finger :cry: ...I'll ave it :lol:jonewer
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Mine is bounded by a stream on one side and the other side of the stream is waste-land with the world's most aggresive case of burdock infestation :shock:
Still, love being out there when the sun is shining. I feel like an emperor in the fresh air doing something so primal.... and always a robin to keep me company.
Still, love being out there when the sun is shining. I feel like an emperor in the fresh air doing something so primal.... and always a robin to keep me company.
Vossy1
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Our new lotty, 7m across the back, 3m deep in Raspberry canes..something swimbo has always wanted and we never had , depth 28m frontage 16m..it's big baby :lol: ..though as we sat down and planned our crops it's not big enough :shock: ...and naturally those weeds are history :P
, depth 28m frontage 16m..it's big baby :lol: ..though as we sat down and planned our crops it's not big enough :shock: ...and naturally those weeds are history :P
Dieseljockey
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tbert33 said:
Cheers tbert33.....we're down in Warwickshire, bloody long walk that.. :lol: :lol: thanks for the offer bude. :thumb:
We have one little sorry for itself tree, wish my old dad was alive he could graft anything to anything. Will see if anyone on the allotments can help, or may have a go myself, seems like the time is right over the next few months to do this.jonewer said:
Looks like a few of you have had to work damned hard to clear your plots. The lady who's been working this plot is moving next door on to a full size one. It's in really good shape from what the swmbo says, (as I've not seen it yet..been away the last few nights..wo*k) so going up this morning to see it for the first time.
BJ
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We always had our 'basic' crops planned out first, spuds, earlies & 2nd early, onions, leeks.
Then everything else was planned round those, only grew pumpkins once, take up too much room :!: Then the broadbeans, peas, beetroot, cabbage, broccoli, sprouts, carrots (in 'blocks' to get away from carrot root fly).
Salad stuff was always grown as a catch crop, between the bigger slow growing stuff.
The leeks were always the star performer, used to grow loads of em, planted close together and take the thinnings, we knew we were doing that right when we looked in the supermarket and found 6 trimmed leeks about as thich as my little finger were £1.20, similar with beetroot, 'baby' beetroot cost a bomb in the shops :idea:
Then everything else was planned round those, only grew pumpkins once, take up too much room :!: Then the broadbeans, peas, beetroot, cabbage, broccoli, sprouts, carrots (in 'blocks' to get away from carrot root fly).
Salad stuff was always grown as a catch crop, between the bigger slow growing stuff.
The leeks were always the star performer, used to grow loads of em, planted close together and take the thinnings, we knew we were doing that right when we looked in the supermarket and found 6 trimmed leeks about as thich as my little finger were £1.20, similar with beetroot, 'baby' beetroot cost a bomb in the shops :idea:
Vossy1
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Try growing them up a trellis, they climb quite well, leaving the fruits on the floor or supporting them in some way if raised, much like growing melons in a green house
springtime
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Well done. Allotments are a bit like cornies.
I started with a small plot then got a large plot, then got another half plot and now have one full plot and two half plots.
Love every minute of it, we don't buy any vegetables for most of the year and make lots of blackcurrent wine - well you've got to do something with the 60lbs of berries that we harvested last year
I started with a small plot then got a large plot, then got another half plot and now have one full plot and two half plots.
Love every minute of it, we don't buy any vegetables for most of the year and make lots of blackcurrent wine - well you've got to do something with the 60lbs of berries that we harvested last year
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