My first allotment Pic heavy!!

i managed to get an allotment about 4 weeks ago. I rang the council who gave me the mans name who runs one of our local ones. He said there was an 18mth waiting list BUT he had 2 that he couldnt show as on offer because of the state they were in...needless to say, 5 hrs after the phonecall, I had myself a plot
In quite a state at first...this is looking at the shed from about 15mtrs away.


A few weeks & alot of back ache later...

 

Very well done on getting a spot so very fast and then very, *very* well done on the complete transformation!!

All that in four weeks is totally astonishing and worthy of this:

 

Looking great! I love the wrecking and cleaning up bits more than the actual planting and stuff haha

 

Well done you It's quite daunting taking on something like that and takes a lot of willpower. Now comes the nice bit, enjoying the fruits of your labour

 

Fantastic job!!

 

Canny, that's an amazing transformation and a lot of work completed. Very well done and keep us updated.

Steve...

 

Thank you M, don't think I've ever had a gold star,not even in school!

Thank you guys, I'm loving gathering all the stuff thats going to make it all 'nice' lol

Just planted some sweetcorn plants up there today - had some left over that I hadn't bothered doing anything with - if they grown now it'll be a bonus :-)

Thank you both. I will Steve, getting quite a bit done at the minute so it changes all the time!

 

Wow, looked pretty much like a jungle in the first image, looks like you have sorted it out. Im on the waiting list for an allotment with our council... :(

 

I visited the allotment that I wanted a plot on & made enquiries with the people on there as to who runs it.
I then registered online with the council & got the fellas phone number.
Its always best if you can do your own queries - the council are never in a hurry. Good luck :-)

 

Pah! Clearly an oversight by the school Maybe now would be a good time to write to your old school and report back on their performance: "Could do better; should try harder"

 

Amazing transformation! Well done!

 

Good job well done. It is always very satisfying (not for you back tho) when you manage to completely transform a piece of what is effectively waste ground into something really worthwhile. The 1 big drawback with ground that has been left to go wild is that you will inevitably have loads and loads of weed seed ( I have a bit of my garden which was wilderness and now veg plot so know only too well!!) There are many ways to tackle this problem. I personally have invested in some membrane and planted through it for certain crops, other areas I just keep the old hoe going. There are many GC members who are way more knowledgeable than me when it comes to veg plots so they might well come up with lots of tips as to how to keep weeds at bay and give you time for much more pleasant tasks than ridding your plot of them. Enjoy the fruits of your labours.

 

And so it continues... Thanks @silu I was going to do that but some how it slipped my shell like brain cell It is a good idea though

Does anyone ever have problems with newly planted leeks being pinched out of the ground? Everytime I go the the plot they've been pulled out & either a couple gone or lying elsewhere on the plot ..

 

Could be birds. If it's a real issue for you, it might be worthwhile putting some netting over