who tarts up their plot

Quote from: SnooziSuzi on February 20, 2009, 19:28

Crowndale, why not contact your local council to see if they will let you have any flagstones from paths that they are digging up to relay with tarmac...  lots of them are doing that now instead of replacing / relaying flags as flags are a hazard when they come loose.

We used to be able to do that, but cant anymore coz of (yep you guessed it) Health and Safety, incase someone puts there back out loading.

You should offer to sign a contract saying you won't sue if you hurt yourself.
 

I think that people looking around thinking of getting an allotment can be roughly divided into two types:
Those who look for the neatest, tidiest plot and say "Oh that one's good can we have that one please?"
Those who look at the abandoned plots, and then the neat and tidy plots, and think "Ye gods, how do they do that?"
I'd rather have a plot that looks productive, but not perfect, so as not to put off the latter group.





Well, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.   

It would be nice to have your cake and eat it, wouldn't it?!!!  But really it all boils down to how much time you have available to spend on the plot.  We try to keep ours neat and tidy but the main aim is to be productive.  I guess as the kids get older we shall have more time on our hands to battle with the weeds.   :blink:

I like to run a very orderly plot - tidy, weed free, fully planted with productive fruit and vegetables, compost heaps in good order, hedges tidy, marrows and courgettes on a compost heap.

Tarting up only goes as far as a well painted shed, a cold frame type wooden object for pot storage and a couple of rustic seats gained from others before the scrap man got them. If there is room for a few flowers, a few flowers get planted. I try to include flowering herbs that will encourage insects and let the hedges flower before cutting them (think hawthorn in places).

Because there is a large concrete hard standing taking up space there are no paths as such - more a case of working off planks as required.  Useful thing the hard standing though.

Surprisingly it always looks as if it has been tarted up even when nothing special has been done.