Hi Guys,
signed up the other day and thought i would introduce my self.
This is my first allotment, took ownership of it in April.
It was looking quite over grown but one of the other guys suggested i pay his farmer friend to plough it, so i did this to get my self a head start!
I've managed to deal with about half of it so far, and i was lucky as the plot had a left over greenhouse (apparently around 50 years old) and a really old shed, but it will do until i can afford to replace.
I've got a bad case of mares tail though and it is really driving me mad/demotivating me. Currently just over a third of my allotment is covered in it as i haven't done anything with this land, and it pops up everywhere between my plants...If anything is going to stop me next year it will be this. I did read though that it doesn't like neutral well fertilized soil so come autumn i will really prep the land for next year.
I'm based in the Nottinghamshire area...Annesley to be precise.