O my god I have been offered an allotment.
I think I have only been on the list for 2 or 3 years, so it was pretty quick. The one offered required the removal of large amounts of concrete, left by the previous, so I turned it down, with the agreement of the allotment secretary. But I am still top of the list, probably in January. I have recruited my daughter to help and am busily looking up composting and rotavator hire and what to plant when. My fingers arent generally green (2 tomatoes (yep. Two), some aloe vera, no zucchini this year, but it is a small snail ridden garden), but we shall see. M's sister has an allotment, and my dad grows a lot of veg, so I shan't be without support. A bit of patience, some hard work, and the application of zen awaits.
Only vegetables I want, so I may be shy on marrows and pumpkins, but potatoes, carrots, onions, leeks, peas, raspberries (plus the ingredients for beer and whisky) will be tended with loving care. And tomorrow I will order a home composter from the Council, so I can use our food scraps, instead of letting the Council take them away.
4 comments:
nothing beats home grown veg!
Can't wait until we are in our new place. I'm already planning what veg I'm going to grow!
Good luck with this...if it comes off you're a better man than I am...
I gave up on our allotment many years ago, having repeatedly failed to produce the goods after all too many hours of back-breaking labour...
I think it takes more knowledge and more persistence than I ever possessed!
I was thinking of getting a wormery - my garden is tiny and mostly patio so compost isn't necessary or feasible but you get liquid feed out of the wormery and I don't think it takes up much room.
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