Well everythings getting away well down the Ground, so I thought I'd post a couple of pics.......it's a 50yd x 10yd allotment, old ground adjacent to a disused Railway line. It has been 'gardened' for around 80 years as allotment, managed by the Parish Council. When I took it on last year it was a jungle, 'wild' Grape Vines, a pollarded Ash "grove".....nettles, some Mares Tail, Thistles, Bryony, ......ground compacted like 'concrete'....full of old Horticultural glass shards....nightmare.
Hopefully you'll see the difference. The Unofficial bit is my mates piece next door....he's kept that sprayed & I turned it over in the 'dry' winter we had by hand & it's come up a treat. He's not in the best of health so not up to cleaning it, but he has a couple of row's of earlies in, & my excess maincrops are half way down.
The 'other' piece is next door the other side, I've just got the girl who has it to agree to 'split' the tenancy with me, I've got to clean it & will have 2/3rds, albeit on a 50/50 tenancy, but I'll be putting it down to flowers; & salads in moveable beds.
My main piece is split 50/50 beds & open ground, all very new being in it's first season, but digging it over by hand & getting the weed roots out has paid dividends.
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