I have just acquired an allotment on which the weeds were way above my head. At my age I thought I may be dead before I cleared it on my own so I paid to have it strimmed etc and was amazed what emerged....11 raised beds, some a bit rotted but repairable, a full size bathtub to which I have added two blueberry bushes, a full size picnic table with integral bench seats, a nice shed and a big wooden frame thingy which I am not sure about its use.
I have planted several fruit bushes and strawberries but my main objective is to dig, weed, add rotted farmyard manure to the beds to encourage earthworms and then cover with landscape fabric until next season. On three of the beds I have sown white clover as an experiment.
Now I hope for rain everyday.