Puzzled

[womble]

We have an 'old guy' on our site who only makes an appearance three times a year!

Once to rotovate and plant, once to harvest (if he can be bothered) and once when he gets a letter telling him to clean his plot (usually arrives with a strimmer)

He MAY be getting his marching orders this year though!

Isn't that the ultimate in time management though? For the amount of time he puts in, he must have quite a good harvest.

[weekendwellies]

I dont know what the situation is on your site, but when I was offered mine the lady from the council said that she would put the papers in the post. That was quite a few weeks ago now and i still dont have them. It was only that I asked if I could make a start before receiving the documents that they said yes of course. Maybe these people dont realise that the papers could take a while to come and they can begin work before they arrive.

[flowerofshona]

Nope its a self managed site and he was given the plot straight away.
We will wait and see, there are a few every year that take a plot and give up because they dont realisejust how much work they are.

[Spiderling]

When Kenscarecrow and I got our plot five years ago, it hadn't been worked for four years! It was full of Docks like trees, thistles, nettles grass etc. I stood in the middle and Kenscarecrow could just see the top of my head . (no I'm not vertically challenged...well, not much) I got nettle stings on my chin whilst exploring. It seemed daunting but we got stuck in right away and strimmed//axed down to ground level, which imediately made us feel we had achieved alot. Within a week we had a patch cultivated and veg planted...leeks donated by a neighbour.
I think every site has its share of folk who "talk a good garden"!! We have one bloke who regularly tells us what he has harvested but there is no sign of anything growing on his plot. Hmm. Cheers!