Glad to hear everyting appears sorted Sprouting.
When I moved into my area 3 1/2 years I scped the area, found the allotments closest to home and put my name on the waiting list - I got a plot at the beginning of this year, and, as it is about 50 yards frm my front door have several advantages:
1. Store all tools etc at home and take what I need to the site each visit
2. Store hand tools & wheelbarrow at the plot - cos I found them when I cut back the weeds! (so they weren't originally mine to start with)...anything I find at site, stays at site.
3. Visit site each evening for 30 mins - 3 hours to water, weed, digg, sow, tend. Rather than trying to get everything done quickly, I double dug the first bed, which was then planted (spuds & broccoli), then dug second bed (celery, onion, shallot, sweetcorn, carrot) etc.
- I only have three small 'half beds' around the (mature & heavily laden) Victoria Plum tree to dig - but these will be planted with overwinter crop (onion, kale, garlic).
4. Take photos of the plot at the beginning of each month.
