[MattieG]

Wow after 2 years me and my mum have a 1/2 allotment size plot at Highfield Allotment in Chester!!!
Just been up to have a look and it looks really cool!!!

Anyway, its not in bad condition but I was wonderring where to start?
Just pull up the grass and roots and put it on the compost or do i need to burn anything?

Mattie

[snowdrops]

Start digging out the roots but don't compost them as they will most probably grow again. Look along the home page here for clearing a new plot. Start a diary on here & take lots of photo's so you can look back when the going gets tough,sit & look & enjoy

[MattieG]

Cool I cant wait to get started. Ill try and clear a few feet first of all and get something planted I think

Thanks
Mattie

[snowdrops]

Yes that's a good plan. remember little & often so you don't hurt yourself

[MattieG]

Ive had grow lights since January so I already have lots of stuff going very well
Already harvesting mange tout and tomatoes

Ill make sure I dont over do it!

[Beetroot queen]

Start digging out the roots but don't compost them as they will most probably grow again. Look along the home page here for clearing a new plot. Start a diary on here & take lots of photo's so you can look back when the going gets tough,sit & look & enjoy

I agree completely with this it's lovely to look back at the progress which soon happens. Good luck.

[allotmentor]

With the roots of perennial weeds, you can also drown them for a few weeks in just enough water to cover them then water back onto your plot  - it smells nasty but you then keep the nutrients rather than sending them up in smoke. For clumps of grass with soil that you can't remove, I pile them up and then compost them under thick black plastic weighted down at the edges with bricks.

Have fun