Allotment

[dn31]

I retired last year and have just taken my first Allotment is was in a mess full of weeds and grass.
We have started to clear it hopefully will be able to grow some veg next year.
As anybody on the forum got a Allotment.

[Chrisjay]

I'll move this into gardening

[Chrisjay]

Hi DN31 - how is the allotment doing this year? 

It must be going good as you started digging in 2008 so I bet you have lots of great produce in now and with the weather maybe you will get a bumper harvest 

[dn31]

Its going ok we have nearly filled it up with veg this year.

[Chrisjay]

That's great I am sure the fruits of your labour will be well worth it my next door neighbour has a large allotment and has chickens and bee hives they are now making and selling honey along with eggs and jams so I do ok for fresh eggs and homemade Jams :-)

[Dottie1943]

dn31 an update please on the allotment

 Dottie

[Sheila]

Yes, we have had one for several years.  It was very overgrown when we first got it but is clear now.  We both retired last year so are able to spend more time there.  We bought a polytunnel for about £60 and are very pleased with it. 

There is an association and we have an annual show which is very friendly and opens to the public after the judging.  We have regular 'customers'  who come every year to buy plants and produce which the allotment holders donate.

We find it best to go first thing in the morning and then come back and have a good shower and clean up ready for the day.

[dn31]

I will put some more photos up on Sunday

[dn31]

Allotment on Sunday

[Dottie1943]

dn31 see the carrier bags are doing well this year what variety are those then???

[Lisa]

You have certainly been very busy in your allotment DN 31. In this area there are so many gardeners waiting for an allotment that it can take up to 3 years before one comes available.

[Dottie1943]

Interestingly enough, today whilst taking the Grandchildren to Rutland Waters we passed a whole load of Allotments, they said look at the gardens and we had to then explain they were allotments, you can guess then where the conversation went i.e. "what are allotments" etc,

We explained all about growing your own food and what happened during the war, that then opened a can of worms (pardon the pun) about the war etc, the conversation finally finished when we arrived at our first stop, but we had a lovely conversation with kids who asked some very deep questions like did the Germans nick all of our potatoes then?

its incredible the conversations you have with youngsters when you talk allotments they become history lessons as well.

[Sheila]

Our grandchildren have been to our allotment several times and eaten things just picked.  (I did enjoy feeding my little grandson freshy podded peas and then handing him back to his mum to suffer the nappy)

The point I really wanted to make it how lovely it is to just talk to our granchildren.  When I was a mum I was stressed but now I have lovely conversations with my grandchildren and I'm sure that they learn a lot and I really enjoy it.

[fiesty fox]

Hi
Myself and Rita used to have an allotment, we worked on it for two or three years and had lots of great produce from it.
We had to let it go because of the amount of time we had to spend on it ( still working then) going down every night to water and as there was no nearby water,so we had to go to a water butt and make lots of trips with watering cans.
It was sad to give it up as we made some nice friends down there.
dn31 like your RNLI avatar.
Cheers
Jeff.

[Morgin]

I've had an allotment for three years now, and wonder what I did without one!
I had mt 65th on the plot with a few friends!