[vegypete]

hi ya  as far as i am aware a 10 pole plot is 329square yds or there abouts, my half plot is 5 pole130 square yds so my reconing i am losing 30 square yds of ground, there is a pice of ground on the end of my plot that goes to a boundrey fence , can i rightly take a piece of this to make up the difference, i could grow quite a few spuds on that area ...........pete 

[mumofstig]

Your plot is the piece of land marked out for you with boundary markers - well, they usually are 

Ask the comittee if the area towards the fence can be used, if it's not already marked out 

[cadalot]

Our Council charge per m2 for a full plot that they believe is 125m2 but many are not they are smaller or bigger - so it pays to measure your plot and have them adjust the charges if you find out it's smaller than the standard for full and half plots.

They also provided a plan that had little resemblance to how they allotment was really arranged including where the water taps and butts are located - Suddenly I found that my neighbour has a tap the shed end of my plot and the nearest tap was not miles away as I was expecting.   

[surbie100]

Our site only has half plots, these can range in size from 100sqm to 145sqm and the average is 120sqm. All plots cost the same. The Council plot plan was drawn up before the site became self-managed, and optimistically includes plots on land that they have conceded is not possible to work...

It's worth asking, I got an extra strip of land when the hedge bordering my plot was redone.

[Jon Gale]

Our new site has 58 100sqm plots, so quite small.