The worst beginner there ever was!

Hello anyone or everyone
Acquired a plot in May and am trying to do my best without any knowledge whatsoever about gardening never mind allotments!
I have lots of questions however first one is how do I weed in between the vegetables without digging them up and should I put the weeds I do dig up on the compost heap or not and if so do I have to separate the roots from the stems beforehand
Here's hoping!

Hi Annie and welcome. I am pretty new too. My favourite weeding tool for tight spaces is my daisy grubber, you just have to take your time and be careful! Nasty perennial weeds need to be drowned, burned or left to die in a bag before being added to your compost heap. Annual weeds can go in as long as they have not gone to seed. I tend to chop everything I add to the compost as small as I possibly can anyway, this means that 1. I can get far more in the bin and 2. the greater surface area means it will compost more quickly.

To be on the safe side, do not compost perrenial weed root's or annual weed's that still have their seed heads attached.

I would almost always favour weeding by hand when among vegetables. There is something very theraputic about it and intensely satisfyingand really there is something lovely about getting down and in among the veg.  Hoeing is fine but can be easy to nick the odd veg.

I would almost always favour weeding by hand when among vegetables. There is something very theraputic about it and intensely satisfyingand really there is something lovely about getting down and in among the veg.  Hoeing is fine but can be easy to nick the odd veg.

Agree 100%...with a bit of music on the portable MP3 player, it's not a bad job to have to do 

Yorkie, have you been watching me?
Or are you a fellow assassin 

Elaine