Plot Sizes

[rockgirl2000]

At our site,  Full plots are 10m x 20 and my sad little half plot is only 5m x 10m.
Could we qualify for the smallest plots on offer in the UK??? Would be
interested to know if there were any smaller ones!

[saddad]

That's just under 1/4 of a "standard" 10 pole plot... I bet there are 1/6th and 1/8th "starter" plots out there... 

[brown thumb]

ha ha mine being 25 mtr x 8mts  is classed as quarter plots is that right so i have a half   plot altogether

[Ellen K]

Thats very small Rockgirl, especially if you want even a compost bin or a small greenhouse.

What are you growing? and will you get a chance for a bit more land on the site in the future?

[saddad]

ha ha mine being 25 mtr x 8mts  is classed as quarter plots is that right so i have a half   plot altogether

8x25 = 200 sqM... a full plot is @225SqM... 300 sqYards... so you have a good sized "half"plot there Brown Thumb...  

[BAK]

rockgirl2000,

50sq metres ... that's 2 poles in old money. We have one plot of this size on our site.

[grannyjanny]

While the experts are at it, ours is 18'x56'. What does that equate to please ?

[Chrispy]

While the experts are at it, ours is 18'x56'. What does that equate to please ?

3.7 poles, or abound 1/3 of a standard plot.

[grannyjanny]

Thanks Chrispy. Not bad for under £8 a year inc water then .

[Torreya]

Grannyjanny, can you empty some of your inbox, I need to PM you!!

[rockgirl2000]

I'm growing a small quantity of as many different things as possible - mainly to keep it interesting! I could just grow spuds+onions and I would be bored out of my tiny mind! It is surprising how much you can cram in though.  There is no option to get a 'full size' plot.

[greenthing]

I've got a 10mx5m £40 per year and a ten year wait for it
it stuffed full can't get any more in
I could do with a bigger plot
but they keep splitting the bigger ones  down to make smaller plots
to reduce the waiting lists   
I'm now growing stuff on the shed roof ..

[gp.girl]

I'm now growing stuff on the shed roof ..

Don't try this on the greenhouse

Thats titchy, so easy to manage but so small. At this time of year I almost wish I could get another one then I get sensible. Job, scouts, garden, show and restore cars and 2 allotments.... would quit job but I got to pay for it all.

A lot of plots have been split here as well but still people struggle to cope 

[taurus]

30 ft x 60 ft classed as a full plot  £40 per year including water and wood chips
15 ft x 60 ft classed as a half plot £25  "      "        "           "         "        "       "
Would someone be kind enough to tell me what that equates to in polls, having been to other sites I've never been convinced that we're actual getting what we're paying for.  As plots on other sites have always appeared larger in comparison.  Thanks in advance 

[Digeroo]

By my calculations Taurus 1800 sq ft equals to 6.61 poles. so you have about 2/3 of a standard allotment size.  So for a standard 10 poles you would be paying £60.50.  So you are paying £6.05 a pole, for local authority site on the high side.  But the huge security fences on the Swindon sites must have been very expensive.

This is somewhat cheaper than Greenthing who would be paying £169.

I hope someone will just check my figures.

[claybasket]

we have two large plots the church owns the land, we pay24 includes water rates,i think we are very lucky,we can hardly believe some pepole pay a lot more i think there should be one price across the board for an allotment.

[Hi_Hoe]

 

Could anyone tell us what the pole to sq mtr/ sq ft ratio is?

Perhaps someone has and I missed it?

My plot is 10 m X 30 m, which is 300 sq mtrs costing me 19 quid a year - without a standpipe. Compared to some of you, i feel pretty lucky!

[Busby]

For me there is a better way. I always measure my vegetable beds according to the paper sizes recognised at the time I was traing as an offset printer in the 60s. Then I multiply or divide the costs of a harvest in £sd because I think that this is the better way than doing everything in decimals. As an example;  my onions in one bed cover a space of 22 quarto sheets and between the rows I have carrots which cover a length of ten foolscap sheets; all I have to do is to divide the basic sizes into  square inches and convert them into pence or shillings (depending upon which is easier) - although this isn't so easy with double-elephant sizes as these need to be converted into square feet and then mulitplied by guineas. As a result last year I could work out that the three onion beds that I had harvested resulted in a production cost of tuppence-halfpenny per onion while each carrot cost only one penny and three farthings. Naturally I was chuffed at this result  - there are not many people who can produce 240 onions at a total price of £2.10.00.
However not being in the UK I have to convert my findings into m2, Kilos and Francs - to this end I have bought a software which is simple to use and allows me to work out exactly how much turnover I have from  my 2.5 Aren.

[Hi_Hoe]

Wow! That sounds complicated, Busby?

[Unwashed]

25 m² == 1 pole as near as makes no odds.