How big is '5 post'

jeffers71 · « **on:** August 29, 2008, 09:44 »

HI,

I have been given a plot that is '5 post' ! What size is this ? I have e-mail the council to ask for dimensions in feet or meters.

Thanks

orfy · « **Reply #1 on:** August 29, 2008, 09:56 »

Are you sure it's not rods or poles.

A "Standard" allotment is 10 rods. (If you can say there is a standard allotment)

Maybe yours is a half plot.

look here
http://www.ghostseekers.com/Conversions.htm

noshed · « **Reply #2 on:** August 29, 2008, 10:30 »

5 poles is half a standard plot - a good size to start off with. Take a tape measure and measure it up - in my experience they're not always what they seem (mine is about 7 poles I think).

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #3 on:** August 29, 2008, 10:37 »

Mine is a 5 rod plot

30 x 45 ft

Mr Gyles · « **Reply #4 on:** August 29, 2008, 13:27 »

So with my maths head on one rod is 6x9 ft,

Did my awsome maths skills get it right?

I wondered what a rod was in measurement to

lincspoacher · « **Reply #5 on:** August 29, 2008, 14:37 »

A rod, pole or perch, was the distance from the front of a plough ox's nose to the place where the farmer stood on the back of the plough, and was reckoned to be 5.5 yards. It was also known as a 'land yard', and still is here in Lincolnshire.

A Pole is a unit of length AND a unit of area - you dont get 'square poles'. So it 5.5 x 5.5 yards, = 30.25 square yards.

30' x 45' is 10 yards x 15 yards = 150 square yards/30.25 = 4.95 poles

My plot is 525 sq yds = 17 poles.

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #6 on:** August 29, 2008, 17:26 »

So I've been diddled out of 0.05 square yards of land :evil:

lincspoacher · « **Reply #7 on:** August 29, 2008, 18:16 »

Quote from: "Aunt Sally"

So I've been diddled out of 0.05 square yards of land :evil:

No, you've been diddled out of 0.05 poles, which is 13 square feet.........imagine a square 3 feet 7 inches by 3 feet 7 inches.

NO GREEN FINGERS · « **Reply #8 on:** August 29, 2008, 18:19 »

the plot i have just taken over is

13 mtr x 7 mtr

how many rods or poles would this work out to be

thanks

jeffers71 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 29, 2008, 18:43 »

Sorry, It was poles, 5 Poles ! what size will my plot be ?

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #10 on:** August 29, 2008, 18:55 »

Quote from: "lincspoacher"

Quote from: "Aunt Sally"
So I've been diddled out of 0.05 square yards of land :evil:

No, you've been diddled out of 0.05 poles, which is 13 square feet.........imagine a square 3 feet 7 inches by 3 feet 7 inches.

OH NOOOO - even worse

orfy · « **Reply #11 on:** August 29, 2008, 19:15 »

Quote from: "NO GREEN FINGERS"

the plot i have just taken over is

13 mtr x 7 mtr

how many rods or poles would this work out to be

thanks

I think that is a half plot 5 poles.

If I remember mine is 26m x 7m

Yabba · « **Reply #12 on:** August 29, 2008, 20:54 »

Quote from: "lincspoacher"

[.imagine a square 3 feet 7 inches by 3 feet 7 inches.

That IS the size of my current plot

The good news is that next year I get to play with some of the dahlia beds ( 5 beds 31', 28', 26', 24', 21' ... all by 33" ) .. tad terrified by the prospect but looking forward to it all the same

Dunno how many poles that is

¥

lincspoacher · « **Reply #13 on:** August 30, 2008, 07:36 »

Quote from: "Yabba"

Quote from: "lincspoacher"
[.imagine a square 3 feet 7 inches by 3 feet 7 inches.

That IS the size of my current plot

The good news is that next year I get to play with some of the dahlia beds ( 5 beds 31', 28', 26', 24', 21' ... all by 33" ) .. tad terrified by the prospect but looking forward to it all the same

Dunno how many poles that is

¥

31' x 33' = 10.3 yards x 11 yards = 110 sq yards / 30.25 = 3.63 poles

28' x etc = 3.39 poles

26' x etc = 3.15 poles

24' x etc = 2.9 poles

21' x etc = 2.54 poles

Total = 15.61 poles

slightly under my 17 poles plot in size

or the same size as some third world countries.

lincspoacher · « **Reply #14 on:** August 30, 2008, 07:42 »

Quote from: "orfy"

Quote from: "NO GREEN FINGERS"
the plot i have just taken over is

13 mtr x 7 mtr

how many rods or poles would this work out to be

thanks

I think that is a half plot 5 poles.

If I remember mine is 26m x 7m

26m x 7m = 28.34 yards x 7.63 yards = 216.23 sq yds = 7.14 poles

so 13m x 7m = 3.57 poles.

10 poles was supposed to be the area of land you need to grow enough veg for a family of 4.

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