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Tonts-
plots run by the fucking Amish
Edit: Newham Council.
Like all these sets of rules it’s a palimpsest of sensible precautions/risk reduction, countermeasures vs specific piss-takers from the past and authoritarian knob-ends (including council functionaries with their own motivations) taking liberties. Making at least polite acquaintance with the committee can grease a lot of the wheels. I’ve been on an allotment committee before, and it’s just plain weird.
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Bees and rabbits are kosher, fires are not, except for Nov 5th. Buildings must be no bigger than 6’ in any dimension. Nothing planted that will not yield produce within 1 year (! No fruit bushes?), no trees directly into the soil—pots are OK. Etc etc etc.
You’re right about talking to the committee; having said that, the chair of ours gave my wife this sturdy squash which I think might be fighting talk.
Willow is a weed, take it out without prejudice.