A four year battle but finally we got them

[Shroomy]

After four years of fighting the council and the villagers we finally got our allotments last week Yeaaaaaa
Its a part of field given over to us by a land owner very greatful to them for this
But on inspection the soil is very stoney almost looks like that someone has laid stone all across it most of it is flat stone up to 2" in diameter is there a method for clearing this or is it a case of sieving every fork load they are 5m x 25m plots i reckon you would get a barrow load in each row if you picked them up by hand and there are alot of rows per plot lol no carrots this year any advice would be good ty

[alldigging]

What sort of stone?
Get some photos

[shepp726]

sieve or pick them out as you go.
if there is as much as you say, personally, i would use them for your paths between beds.

[Alison]

I take them out as I go along although fortunately I don't have a big stone problem. You'll never get rid of all of them but hopefully it'll get better. I'd go against the advise of using them on the paths though as stones are VERY uncomfortable to kneel on

[kathycam]

Well done on getting the allotment. Think you'll have to hand pick them out, but you'll probably find a use for them. Maybe some sort of drainage ditch or something?

[darcyvuqua]

maybe use them for a raised spiral herb bed/tower

[Shroomy]

Finally got around to taking a couple of pics of the stone

I must admit most of the stone appears to be surface but there is a bit in the ground as well so wont be growing any show carrots lol

[Shroomy]

Here is one of the plot

[Feral007]

Well that's a lot of work done! congratulations. Hope you get a good year to enjoy it all.