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After wanting an allotment for some time and there being a 2 and a half year waiting list for my local ones. I decided to go to the Sheffield City Council as i live on the border of Chesterfield and Sheffield and to my amazement when i rang up they said there was some avaliable plots at the nearest allotments to me and they would sent out the info to me.
i waited a few days and the info arrived and to my amazement again wheni opened the information there was 57 PLOTS AVAILABLE
And we could actaully go and see them to this weekend so we thought what with so many plots avaiable so we decided to have 2 that were together in a corner and has we have got chickens and ducks and you could keep livestock on the allotments we were planning all our idea what we were going to do with the allotments.
But it was a totally different story when we actually got there and we saw for ourselves why they were so many plots available.
it was more like a dump than an allotment site there were old fridges on there tyres and rats running all over the place in broad day light!!!
We just stood and look at each other and didn't say a word because i think we both didn't know what to say to each other.
We then saw a woman on one of the gardens that you could actually do something with and she said that she had got it a month ago and we was trying to clear her own plot but that was taking some time to do.
With every plot you could have a water supply for a little extra cost each year but as we were walking around none of them had taps and the woman said that the scrap men were always on there taking them and anything they could find and also they had put a new gate on there last week and it was only on for 2 days before the scrap men came for it!!!
As we looked around every plot had brambles that were 5 foot tall....
We managed to go and look at the plot that we wanted but it would have took years to clear it as the council will not do it....
i just can't believe they have let this site go to the state its in at the moment and what with everyone wanting allotment gardens. So i have now made it my mission to get it all sorted and cleared they have regular meeting throughtout the city so i WILL be attending to see what they are going to do about these ALLOTMENTS in the future
i waited a few days and the info arrived and to my amazement again wheni opened the information there was 57 PLOTS AVAILABLE
And we could actaully go and see them to this weekend so we thought what with so many plots avaiable so we decided to have 2 that were together in a corner and has we have got chickens and ducks and you could keep livestock on the allotments we were planning all our idea what we were going to do with the allotments.
But it was a totally different story when we actually got there and we saw for ourselves why they were so many plots available.
it was more like a dump than an allotment site there were old fridges on there tyres and rats running all over the place in broad day light!!!
We just stood and look at each other and didn't say a word because i think we both didn't know what to say to each other.
We then saw a woman on one of the gardens that you could actually do something with and she said that she had got it a month ago and we was trying to clear her own plot but that was taking some time to do.
With every plot you could have a water supply for a little extra cost each year but as we were walking around none of them had taps and the woman said that the scrap men were always on there taking them and anything they could find and also they had put a new gate on there last week and it was only on for 2 days before the scrap men came for it!!!
As we looked around every plot had brambles that were 5 foot tall....
We managed to go and look at the plot that we wanted but it would have took years to clear it as the council will not do it....
i just can't believe they have let this site go to the state its in at the moment and what with everyone wanting allotment gardens. So i have now made it my mission to get it all sorted and cleared they have regular meeting throughtout the city so i WILL be attending to see what they are going to do about these ALLOTMENTS in the future
The soil should be nice and fertile under all that bramble growth too.
If you've got 57 to choose from........just weigh up the pro's and cons and pick the best of the bunch!
Can I ask how much they are paying you to take a plot..................????
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