Some time ago I lost the allotment that I had held for three years, it was a private affair and the owners wanted it back. I suspect that they want to build on the plot which is a real shame.
I have been on the council allotment waiting list for over three years now, I know this as I got my name on the list 2 weeks after our Daughter was born, she was three at the end of March. There seems no hope that I will be able to get an allotment any time soon, so my Wife and I have decided to convert a small patch of the garden to being a Veg Plot.
A major reason we wanted to have an allotment, as you will have seen from previous posts on this blog, was to try and teach Eva about plants, food and where it comes from, she loved going to the allotment, and has been nagging me to go there for the last year, she does not understand we do not have it anymore. This added with the obvious fact that fresh fruit and veg are always welcome!
We do not have a great big garden, just 25 meters or so long and 8 meters wide, that combined with the fact we need space for a three year old and all the garden toys that come with her, there is not allot of space.
Last year for Evas birthday I created a play area for her with rubber play tiles and her house that she got from her Nanna and Gramps, I fenced this area off, which left an area between that and the garage that is currently pretty much taken up with pampas grass.
We have decided that we will take out the pampas grass, it is out of control, and the leaves are razor sharp, we have already had some cut little fingers so it will be best to take it out. I will carry on the fencing across to the end of the garage and then create two raised beds which will give me some planting space.
The area will be just 3m x 3m, and part of it will be taken up by the plumb tree which we will be leaving where it is. A small plot but I hope we can make some use of it. Too late for this year, but we may be able to get some winter veg and salad crops in if I can get on with it in the next few weeks.
I will keep you all posted on how it goes, I am quite excited about being able to get some crops in again.
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Matt
That’s a shame you lost the allotment, I know how often you went down there. Must be a pain to have to buy all your veg. etc and not having it to go to.
I have created a veg area in our garden this year with 4 raised beds in. Things are going OK with it but I’m not sure we will be self sufficient in veg any time soon.
I look forward to seeing some progress pictures of the new area.
Andrew
Yes its gone well, only a little plot but looks good, I will post here when I get five minutes to blog.
Hope you are well! I’ll email you.