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Posted by pjgolf (U2469936) on Saturday, 12th November 2005
Hi there.
I have just aquired an allotment from our local council.
I have been growing in my garden at home for a couple of years but nothing on this scale.
I wondered if anyone would like to offer a one sentence piece of advice, a sort of ` in a nutshell` statement which would sum up the essence of allotment gardening.
I thought this might come up with some amusing answers.
Thanks
PJGOLF
Although I have yet to get an allotment (one day, one day...) the overriding bit of advice I keep seeing is PLANT! Even if it is just a small row or bed - get that dug and get it planted so that you have something to watch as you dig the rest! Best of luck with your new plot.
Allotment life is ? Do a little at a time and you will soon get hooked!
It becomes an obsession,but we love it.
Always take time off to admire what you have acieved. Make sure you have a good chair to sit on (a bottle of wine goes down well after a good day allotmenting). Sorry it's more than one sentence.
thanks for replying guys.
Wish me luck. I have spent most of the weekend shovelling manure.
A most satisfying task in my opinion !!
Regards
Peter
My advice is to keep it simple enjoy the hard graft needed to get it in good condition a little and often is the way to go
OMG !
I just saw this post and thought I had entered a timewarp !
Is it really 5 years since I got my allotment !
I guess that the lesson is :
Everyone is a newbie at some point and it`s nice to be reminded of that sometimes.
Peter
(5 years older and just a tiny bit wiser)
DON'T ROTOVATE!!!!
You just cut all the perennial roots up, and as it makes DOZENS of of the horrible little b****rs
Lottie
Split your allotment up by using semi raised beds, 1 plank (4x1) high! You then can dig a couple at a time and feel like you've achieved something and can get round everything at harvest time! Also helps to spread sowing so you can harvest for a longer period! Mum has the allotment but I have 12 4ft beds in the garden that I can manage with the help of my 2 yr old!
As I enter my second year with an allotment the best advice I could offer is to mark out your beds (I have 5 - 4 for my four year rotation and one for fruit bushes) and decide which types of plants are to be sown in each bed. Then clear the beds gradually as you need them or have time. That way you won't have a mix of plant types in one bed and your crop rotation will be on target from the first day.
Hi
We have had 2 allotments for 39 years, since my youngest child was a baby in a pram. We derive immense pleasure from them as well as plenty of produce.
Two tips, watch programmes such as Gareners World and listen to Gardeners' Question Time on Radio 4 - Sunday 2.00 p.m. We are still learning; and don't be put off by failures. Every year is different and some years you will do well with one thing and then the next you won't! Everything is very dependent on the weather.
Good gardening. Carole
, in reply to message 12.
Posted by Playingtimeaddedon (U14150224) on Sunday, 31st October 2010
Arrange it so that plants that need pollination are grown in rows North and South because bees like to work in the sunshine and this way, one side gets the sun in the morning and the other in the afternoon.
pjgolf said:
OMG !
I just saw this post and thought I had entered a timewarp !
Is it really 5 years since I got my allotment !Â
After 5 years you are qualified to offer a little advice of your own?
, in reply to message 14.
Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Monday, 1st November 2010
"Don't go at it like a bull at a gate".
Take your time and enjoy it,
don;t let it become a chore. Cheers, Tony.
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