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£11!?!? That’s fantastic, mine just went up to £93 for the year for a (very large) half plot. We do have running water, lockers, toilets, woodchip and manure deliveries though.
Start off by just getting one or two beds going so you can tackle any bigger jobs getting the plot ship-shape at your leisure. If in doubt just sow spuds n beans everywhere as they’ll improve the soil even if you don’t get round to that area just yet.
Unpopular opinion- no dig is shit unless you have an unlimited supply of stuff to top the beds up with.
A few have tried it on our site with varying results, prob a whole bunch of factors that determine if it’s the right approach though.I go somewhere in between ‘dig for victory’ and ‘rudderless stoner making it up as I go’ approach to allotmenting.
I definitely dig every year though. -
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Get friendly with all the neighbours sharpish, they’ll be gifting you seedlings left right and centre once spring is in full force.
We could probably have done our first year just based on the generosity of others. -
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Have you found that extra day in the week to dedicate to weeding yet?
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If using spent mushroom compost might want to look for a bit of extra nitrogen to add.
Ours was a bit claggy when wet but has improved as we have added more traditional manure / compost over the last couple of years. .
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Well today I had a potter down to our village allotments with a neighbour who's the treasurer.
We've been offered a half plot which, to be honest, is a decent size. Probably a bit bigger than we want to start off with. The plot has a bargain rent of £11 a year!
I've been reading up a bit on the Charles Dowding no dig system so the plan for now is to get it ready to go.
I've been saving up decent cardboard boxes for the past few months (thanks Wiggle for the cheap bikes and their boxes!) so I plan on laying the cardboard and getting an bulk bag of spent mushroom compost from a local place who deliver to cover it. There's a tree surgeon in the village so I'll speak to him about a load of the green chipped waste for paths and I'll start propagating seeds at home soon.
Is there anything I've missed?