[muntjac]

i wouldnt mind that if my plots where some way away .. litle holiday weekends lol, if you cover one or 2 up till your ready to do something with them id go ahead . but 9 is a bit to much even for me ,lolim not planning on getting any more allotments . but i do ahev a cunning plan to rent soem land and use it for others to have plots onm though lol .

[mum2many]

... obviously be sleeping in the damn thing at the plot, cos come high summer she won't be able to cope any other way! ...  

dont tempt me
thought of having a van instead of a shed, cooking facilities/a loo/seat/storage all in one.

so it seems to be that most think i should go for it then?

[WG.]

There is far too much common-sense being talked here.  I reckon mum2many wants justification and enthusiasm before common sense.

I don't know anyone who keeps chickens who throws out the eggs.  They sell them, they barter them for baking / jams / whatever.  Do you think muntjac eats 1/4 acre of asparagus every year, or that I eat 300kg of garlic?

Go for it mum2many.  You can grow kale, leaf beet and grazing rye to feed the chickens.  You can grow comfrey or green manure on areas that you don't have time to tend.

[muntjac]

ah but one has to be careful when saying to plot holders about selling stuff WG me old fruit , it can be illegal on some plots  

[WG.]

I don't do chicken-math.  How much land would you reckon you'd need to keep 12 chickens and grow all their own food?

[muntjac]

with grains a lot more than she has now mate . i use  5 ton  a year for my birds , not including my pheasant rearing activity

[WG.]

Q.E.D.

 

[wellingtons]

... he's looking at my knees again ...  :shock:

[muntjac]

lol carefull missy ,john made a mod out of me .im heading for parliament, soon have ya shoe allowance    

[wellingtons]

... can look at my knees ya know just cos you're a mod ...  

Oooo spent my shoe allowance at da weekend, where do I apply for reimbursement??  I've got the receipts and everything!

[muntjac]

lol

[mum2many]

well took the 3 plots on :shock: , seems there are more free than I thought so they are glad to have 3 being put to use.

The only thing is they are being rotavated today and from reading Johns Diaries etc it seems that was the wrong thing to do.

What should I/we be doing this weekend with them?

[muntjac]

rake them level and then pull any weds and other urubbish out ,.tidy up the edges by leaving a gutter around the plot ,then start thinking about what your planting ,where your bins for compost are going to be ,look at getting the shed and any other stuff sorted ,then start loking for bits for cloches etc
start planting out next month

[mum2many]

rake them level and then pull any weds and other urubbish out ,.tidy up the edges by leaving a gutter around the plot ,then start thinking about what your planting ,where your bins for compost are going to be ,look at getting the shed and any other stuff sorted ,then start loking for bits for cloches etc
start planting out next month

thank you

this is so exciting, wish we'd done it sooner.

[WG.]

start thinking about what your planting  

Totally agree, I've wasted so much work through changing my mind.  

I like to call it Objective Oriented gardening - think about what you want to achieve before you buy any seeds.  Seed packets, you see, will actually speak to you on sunny days.  "Plant me, plant me", they'll say even when neither your plot nor the weather is really ready.

Since you've taken the plunge on all 3 plots, maybe you can look towards saving yourself quite a bit on food for the chickens.