I've got a plot

[green thing]

Hi all
After years of waiting I've been given a small plot
I've spent the last few week sifting the soil removing all the broken glass about 1/2 of a tonne
bag ,four sacks of asbestos,car part a big frame tent with cover
I've managed to get in some
potatoes
sweet corn
beet root
runner beans
broccoli
is there anything else I could put in
I've got some cold frame that need filling
thanks

[Florence Fennel]

Hi there and congratulations on your plot, you've done really well by the sounds of it. Look on the What I Did Today thread to find out what other grapes are planting now.

[miffy]

Well done you sounds like a terrific start.
Good luck with that. How about some cut and come again salad leaves, spring onions and some strawberry plants. All fab additions and will produce quickly for you.

[Nicos]

Fantastic news!!!!

...bet you can't stop grinning!!!

[binley100]

Woohoo........sounds like you've made a good start already .

[Two_Sheds]

kidney beans? I'm sowing my final batch next week

[piskieinboots]

Raab?

Its real value is a harvest in late summer & autumn when ordinary broccoli isn't available, but is also great as a very early spring crop in a polytunnel. Thinnings are excellent in salads or stirfries.

Cima Di Rapa 'San Marzano' (60 days)
Quick growing plants that reach about 1 ft tall, making green sprouts used just like sprouting broccoli – but much quicker and easier to grow.

[green thing]

thanks all
the raab looks interesting will give it ago
been to B&Q to buy some slug food lettuce/ french beans/pak choi
I've been on walk abouts around on the waste land around the site found 12 strawberry plants and loads of raspberries just popping up

it could all be a waste of time someone has been kicking up a fuss about the asbestos on the site
the council have sent some asbestos away for testing to see if it is asbestos
so we will have to wait and see what they will do next ?

[basketcase]

thanks all
the raab looks interesting will give it ago
been to B&Q to buy some slug food lettuce/ french beans/pak choi
I've been on walk abouts around on the waste land around the site found 12 strawberry plants and loads of raspberries just popping up

it could all be a waste of time someone has been kicking up a fuss about the asbestos on the site
the council have sent some asbestos away for testing to see if it is asbestos
so we will have to wait and see what they will do next ?

Congrats on the plot!

Not necessarily a waste of time, though. Now you've actually got a plot, are they not obliged to give you another one if you have to move? Or am I wrong on that?

[binley100]

We are told to double bag asbestos then ring up the tip to book an appointement to take it in and they then unlock a big skip thingy for it. There's different types of asbestos so it might not necessarily mean losing the plot.

[Hilary B]

There are 3 types of asbestos. One type is a lot less dangerous than the others (still capable of being nasty, but not nearly as bad as the rest) the other 2 are VERY rare outside of an industrial situation. In the open, risk is pretty small anyway, especially if it is sheets of corrugated type stuff (which is in any case the less hazardous one). Damaged sheets, if dry-and-dusty MAY release fibres (which is the nasty bit).
If the council let you have the land, and it has asbestos burried there, I suspect you could get hefty compensation (or at the least cause some powerful adverse publicity if you chose), so odds are they would go to a fair bit of trouble to find you an alternative.....

[green thing]

Congrats on the plot!

Not necessarily a waste of time, though. Now you've actually got a plot, are they not obliged to give you another one if you have to move? Or am I wrong on that?

we all have garden plots we have no rights what so ever
they could kick us all off tomorrow
we will have to wait and see

We are told to double bag asbestos then ring up the tip to book an appointment to take it in and they then unlock a big skip thingy for it.

sounds like a sensible way to deal with it.
will put the idea to them tomorrow

There are 3 types of asbestos. One type is a lot less dangerous than the others (still capable of being nasty, but not nearly as bad as the rest) the other 2 are VERY rare outside of an industrial situation. In the open, risk is pretty small anyway, especially if it is sheets of corrugated type stuff (which is in any case the less hazardous one). Damaged sheets, if dry-and-dusty MAY release fibres (which is the nasty bit)..

we have found blue and white flat and corrugated and white plastic backed stuff buried .
The first thing I did was to pick all the surface stuff up so we didn't brake it up when walking around then bagged up the rest was found when digging over the plot

I'm just a little bit bothered about any asbestos particles left in the soil
and if it will any affect on the things we grow ?

[Hilary B]

The only hazard with asbestos is if you breathe in the fibres/dust. It is as near chemically inert as anything comes. That is why it was so handy for heat-protection, it doesn't burn, melt or... ANYTHING. There might be some risk from digging when the soil is dry....
"White" asbestos is the common (and less hazardous) type. "Blue" asbestos is... unlikely (just because it is blue, doesn't necessarily mean it is the stuff properly known as 'blue asbestos'), but only analysis can tell for sure.