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Title: hey, newbie and soon to be allotment holder
Post by: petehog72 on August 02, 2015, 11:22

Hey all, hopefully getting an allotment very soon, its a long time interest ive had so am looking forward to it very much.  Is there a link for planning out an allotment on this site at all, look forward to looking through this site,  cheers pete

Title: Re: hey, newbie and soon to be allotment holder
Post by: mumofstig on August 02, 2015, 12:16

Welcome to the forum Pete  :)
It will help us answer questions if you put your location in your profile .

Click on the left-hand of the top green bar [Allotment Garden] you'll find lots of info and links in there.

Good luck.

Title: Re: hey, newbie and soon to be allotment holder
Post by: petehog72 on August 02, 2015, 13:09

Hi, I had problems earlier with the computer, would only let me put in the basics before it decide crash, ill update my profile more later, I will def be scrolling through the pages on here for sure :-)

Title: Re: hey, newbie and soon to be allotment holder
Post by: Fairy Plotmother on August 02, 2015, 20:29

Hello Pete and welcome.

Title: Re: hey, newbie and soon to be allotment holder
Post by: petehog72 on August 02, 2015, 22:08

Hey and thank you :-)

Title: Re: hey, newbie and soon to be allotment holder
Post by: cadalot on August 03, 2015, 08:44

Hi Pete

Take a browse in the diary section, they are really useful to record your progress and to look back on to see if you left advice for yourself or you're repeating the same mistakes this year as last year. The diary comment pages enable your peers to encourage and advise you. They are ideal winter reading when its' too dark and wet to actually be on your allotment.

My first diary can be found http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=100234.0

Good luck and remember take it slow and enjoy the journey
 

Title: Re: hey, newbie and soon to be allotment holder
Post by: surbie100 on August 03, 2015, 09:18

Hi Pete,

Welcome from me too. Re planning, it can depend a lot on what your plot is like - if it's on a slope, how well-drained it is, how much shade etc. There's a lot of info on this site to get you started. As for figuring out what to put where, some people have used the free trial of this http://www.growveg.com/freetrial.aspx (http://www.growveg.com/freetrial.aspx) as it works out spacings for you. Personally I prefer a pencil and some graph paper.. :nowink:

Good luck!

Title: Re: hey, newbie and soon to be allotment holder
Post by: petehog72 on August 03, 2015, 13:44

Many thanks for the replies, I'm just waiting to hear regarding getting the allotment, keep all crossed, I'll be doing plenty of research through these pages and start planning early :-)