My partner and I (well me really!) got our first allotment about six years ago. It is in Hastings, East Sussex. Having spent three or four years previous to getting the allotment renovating our newly-purchased derelict house and garden, the thought of taking on an allotment was daunting. The plot we took on was overgrown, full of bind weed, couch grass and brambles.
Plot 52b 2007
I went to take a look at the plot and had more or less decided we would turn it down. But the view over Hastings Old Town to The East Hill and the sea won me over.
Sea views from Plot 52b
After a slow start we had finally knocked Plot 52b more or less in to shape by 2013. It could have been our chance to relax and actually take a bit of time out to look at the views. But not content with my six rods, I decided to take on a second plot. We were offered one of the of the plots I had always coveted, so how is a girl to say 'no'?
Plot 21 March 2013
Plot 21 is 8 rods tucked away behind a hedge. Alas there are no sea views but there is also a lot less wind and a bit of shade. So we are back to tackling bind weed, brambles and couch grass. Additionally, the soil on this plot has a lot more clay than Plot 52b, a mere two minutes walk away.
This blog is intended as much as a diary of Plot 21's progress as an opportunity to share all that we have learned so far. I hope that in reading this blog, anyone taking up allotmenteering for the first time will avoid some of the mistakes we have made (and indeed some of the mistakes previous tenants have left us with).
Join us on our journey....
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