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  • Having been waiting for an allotment for about 5 years, I've just had an email inviting me for a plot viewing on Sunday. I am reasonably competent at gardening but I don't do much fruit and veg, and have never had an allotment.

    Sounds like there's multiple plots and multiple prospective allotmenteers. If I get a choice, what should I be looking out for? Obvious things clearly aspect and shade, slope, abundance of horrendous weeds, proximity to any resources like water, compost heap etc.

  • all of that, I would just add:

    • check for any waste that would need disposing of, might be under mountains of weeds
    • any weed membrane will be a nightmare to remove
    • when I got my plot, a week later I found out that horse manure gets dropped off on the other side of the allotment and so its about a 10 min round trip for a whellbarrow of muck.
    • size, you might get offered a half or full plot, how much time do you want to commit to it?

    Im not sure I would have changed my plot anyway as the others were overrun with brambles which would be a much bigger task than the nettles and grass on mine.

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