Allotment offer - advice appreciated

[chris]

Sometimes it's a bit slow, if you try refreshing it usually sorts it (admin are aware of it...)

[Nigelsmith]

I'm a total noobie here and with allotments however I look forward to seeing your pics of your new allotment when you finally get in

[Two_Sheds]

Nigel, there's a whole thread of "before and after" photos if you are able to find it.

I love looking at them all. Here's a peek at our school veg plot, b and a

[StephenH]

I got on to the site a week or two ago, and have started knocking the plot into shape. The bits outside, at the front and sides, are very overgrown, with big, tough nettles with a fearsome root system, and long grass, and are taking hard work to get out, but I've cleared the area in front, and a big nettle patch at the back, and already have a large open compost heap at the back. Inside, there's not much growing - having been uncultivated for some time, and protected by the polytunnel, the soil inside is bone dry - when I turn over a clod with my fork, I raise a cloud of dust. That makes it easy to dig, although the dust gets in your throat after a while, so I won't water it until I've forked it all over. I'm going over there in a few minutes, and taking my hose to leave there - there is a tap on site.
The tunnel has door holes at front and back, but no doors in them, so I'll have to do a bit of woodwork. Also, there are some tears in the walls - I'll have to get a roll of PT repair tape.

[salome2001]

it's always fun taking over someone else's structures... we've inherited a half derelict greenhouse, two sheds (both used as chicken houses) and a chicken run. Everything except the greenhouse is bonfire night material.

[Alison]

I have rigged up (well OH did to be honest) a water collection system from my polytunnel into water butts which then provide water on a timer via soaker hose round the tunnel so I don't have to water very often at all in their. It really helps and saves me loads of time so I only have to take water up there when it's really dry and it means I don't have to waste drinking water on vegetables which are perfectly happy with rain water. We don't have any taps on our site anyway but I'd be trying not to use them if we did.