[garddwr]

Next year I will be getting a veg patch in the field opposite my house-can't wait as I only had a little one in the garden this year  

I am thinking about how big to make it ? What sizes are your allotments ? (metres preferably)

I want to feed a family of 4,all year if possible....

I want it manageable but not too small

Any info would be great,thanks

[DD.]

The first plot I took on was/is about 10m x 30m (300 sq m). I found that wasn't quite large enough and took on a part plot of just over 100 sq m. I reckon this would be about adeqaute.

Being a glutton for punshment, we later took on a 400 sq m plot so that we can grow a few flowers, have a good excess for family, neighbours, church coffee mornings etc..

I just like growing things!

[garddwr]

Thanks DD thats very useful. And you have enough veg all year from 400 sq m ?

[DD.]

I may run out of peas, believe it or not, despite the number I grew, but that's mostly down to the portions of them I put on my plate!

The only other thing I may buy is swede - but that's because they simply refuse to grow in my soil!

[garddwr]

Sorry DD can I ask is it 400 square metres ?Thats a huge space  :shock:

and is it 30 metres wide or long?

[DD.]

It's in my reply to your first post.

[garddwr]

Anyone else with info ?   measurements ? Are your allotments manageable ?

[farmersue]

I have what our site call a mini pot - 8m x 7m approx. It was my first year as an allotmenteer (is that the correct term?) and i found it was easy to manage. I work full time so can only get there at weekends etc. I planted pretty intensively which certainly helped to keep the weeds down (there just wasn't room for them!) however i would have liked to grow more peas, but i didn't have room. My squashes were a disaster and although the weather didn't help, lack of space was a definite factor too. I also found myself having to climb over and around things and i couldn't use the hoe as everything was too close together. I think crop rotation is more complicated with a small plot too. So........... I now have the next door mini plot as well! It hasn't been touched for a year, so is rather overgrown and is going to take a lot of work over the winter to get it usable, but i'm looking forward to having a bumper crop of butternut squash next year, rather than the 1 solitary specimen i had this year!  :roll:

[Yorkie]

My plot is approx 150 sq yards (15 x 10).  It does enough for me, but would in no way be big enough for anyone to be self-sufficient.

[Elcie]

My plot is absolutely tiny in comparison - approximately 7m x 10m!  Quite small even for our site.  My name is on the list for another one!  Fingers crossed that one of the surrounding ones become available for me.

[AndyRVTR]

My new plot is between 500-600 sq mtrs, and covered in weeds..

[garddwr]

I'm getting a bit confused here with the square metres and the normal width and length   :?  How big is your plot in width and length  andy ?

[AndyRVTR]

It is approx 30 feet wide x 150 feet long, I know it falls into the +351sq meter rent band.. I've been told that it is roughly between 5-600sq mtrs... but I never was any good at maths...

[DD.]

It is approx 30 feet wide x 150 feet long, I know it falls into the +351sq meter rent band.. I've been told that it is roughly between 5-600sq mtrs... but I never was any good at maths...

That's 4500 sq feet. 1 sq foot = 0.09290304 sq m.

450 x 0.09290304 = 418 sq m.

[AndyRVTR]

Thanks DD... now I feel robbed