Topic: 5 to 30 rods

[fuchsia]

Hi everyone
Newbie here as well, I didn`t introduce myself when I asked about showing veg and feel very naughty lol. I had been given my five rods at the beginning of the year which I was over the moon with but 4 weeks ago I was offered a large plot that covers nearly 30 rods !! I was over the moon and accepted. Luckily it had been looked after although had been left to its own devices for a few months. Its taken 4 weeks to get back on top of it. I have a poly tunnel 20ft x 8ft and a fruit cage 60ft x 20ft, along with 3 huge beds for veg. I`m am now buried under seed catalogues getting excited about spring coming lol. When I suss out how to get photo`s on here I`ll post some !! Look forward to meeting you all and reading all your posts.

Fuchsia 

[debjay]

Hi and welcome  ;D

[saddad]

Excellent Fuchsia.. look forward to those photos..
 ;D

[windygale]

Hi and well done fushsia, it's a great feeling when you get given a plot after a long wait, and it's a good time of year to be given a plot,
quick question:- have you started making compost bins - heaps, collecting any leave for a free and good compost, putting up any waterbutts for free water, as these things will help loads next year.

PS, if you need any help with photos just ask.

windy ;) ;)

[Lauren S]

Hello Fuchsia,
Congratulations on your lottie, wow I have NO idea how much 30 rods covers, but it sounds hugeeeeeeeeeeee  :o.

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[manicscousers]

hiya, fuschia, welcome , nice to meet you..wow, you've got really organised, were they already on or did you do all that in 4 weeks, ray says, what is a rod, he's old but not that old, and he doesn't do metres either  ;D
crusty old b*gger  ;D

[Susiebelle]

Hi Fushcia welcome aboard, it's also my first year ( first attempt on a forum - Luddite or wot ::)so I'm just trying to get to grips with the protocol  but I can't praise the site enough -welcoming friendly advice, most are mad which helps a lot and the best advice is to ENJOY :-* :-*

[Baccy Man]

hiya, fuschia, welcome , nice to meet you..wow, you've got really organised, were they already on or did you do all that in 4 weeks, ray says, what is a rod, he's old but not that old, and he doesn't do metres either  ;D
crusty old b*gger  ;D

Ray should be able to understand at least one of these measurements.

1 rod, pole or perch =

     Value                          Unit Name             Factor
50292000000.00001          Angstroms               254000000
3.447018505825904e-11   Astronomical units    1.74091843729e-013
0.022916666666666523    Cables                     0.000115740740741
502.9200000000001          Centimetres             2.54
11.00000000000001          Cubits                      0.0555555555556
2.7500000000000026        Fathoms                   0.0138888888889
16.499999999999996        Feet                         0.0833333333333
0.02499999999999995      Furlongs                   0.000126262626263
49.50000000000001          Hands                       0.25
198.00000000000003        Inches                      1
0.005029200000000001    Kilometres                2.54e-005
5.447334037873405e-16   Light years               2.75117880701e-018
5.0292                             Metres                      0.0254
5029200.000000001          Microns                     25400
0.0027155507559395294  Miles (Nautical)         1.37149028078e-005
0.0031250000000000036  Miles (Statute)          1.57828282828e-005
5029.200000000001          Milimetres                 25.4
14255.99999991021          Points (printing)        71.9999999995
21.99999999999998          Spans                       0.111111111111
5.500000000000005          Yards                        0.0277777777778

[star]

Strewth.........I didnt know anyone actually spoke klingon  ???

Welcome fuchsia, hope you enjoy being here as much as I do.....provided you can read strange languages ;D ;D

[cornykev]

Hi Fuch and welcome to the madhouse.  :P    ;D ;D ;D

[rosebud]

Welcome Fuchia, enjoy your lottie don`t try to do everything at once, bit at a time will do nicely.

[manicscousers]

thanks, baccyman..he's just gone to bed with a migraine, all those figures have caused havoc with his dyslexia  ;D
seriously, fuschia..look on it as a long term thing and do little and often  :)

[lorna]

As cornykev said Welcome to the madhouse, you will find one or two of us are sane. Best site you will find. Lots of nice people.
Lorna

[Amazin]

Sane? One or two, maybe -

On behalf of the rest, I'd like to say... flibble wibble jubbly wong

 ;D

[star]

What did I tell ya......klingon spiel ;D ;D ;D :-\.

[windygale]

hi not sure if this will help ray.
 The rod is a unit of length, equal to 5.5 yards, 11 cubits, 5.0292 metres, 16.5 feet, or 1⁄320 of a statute mile. A rod is the same length as a perch[1] and a pole. The lengths of the perch (one rod) and chain (four rods) were standardized in 1607 by Edmund Gunter.

The length is equal to the standardized length of the ox goad used by medieval English ploughmen; fields were measured in acres which were one chain (four rods) by one furlong (in the United Kingdom, ten chains).

Because the furlong was "one plough's furrow long" and a furrow was the length a plough team was to be driven without resting, the length of the furlong and the acre vary regionally, nominally due to differing soil types. In England the acre was 4,840 square yards, but in Scotland it was 6,150 square yards and in Ireland 7,840 square yards. In all three countries, fields were divided in acres and thus the furlong became a measure commonly used in horse racing, archery, and civic planning.

 
A sign at the City Hall in Münster, Germany noting that the bar shown is one "Prussian Half Rod" longBars of metal one rod (16.5 feet) long were used as standards of length in surveying land in the past. One example of a surveyor's rod is a one piece metal bar encased in a cylindrical canvas tube (to keep the sun from heating it and making it increase in length) with a piece of the semiprecious gemstone jasper at each end of the rod (to prevent wear of the metal bar).

The rod is still in use as a unit of measure in certain specialised fields. In recreational canoeing, maps measure portages (overland paths where canoes must be carried) in rods[citation needed]. This is thought to persist due to the rod approximating the length of a typical canoe. In the United Kingdom, the sizes of allotment gardens continue to be measured in rods. In Vermont, the default width of state and town highways and trails is three rods. (VSA Title 17 §702)

The rod was still in use as a common unit of measurement in the mid-1800s, when Henry David Thoreau used it frequently when describing distances in his work Walden.

windy

[longlad]

 :o :o :o ??? ???

[Eristic]

Can I just add that the rod, pole or perch is not a unit of length, it is a unit of land measurement. The rod,pole or perch may be used for length and area interchangeably so when you get a plot of 30 rods it is unlikely to be 30 rods long but an area of 30 times a rod squared. There is no such thing as a square rod although one rod can be square. Good huh. Get diggin.

[Trevor_D]

I was always under the impression that a standard allotment was 10 poles, ie 30 feet wide & 90 feet long. So you've got 3 full-size allotments! Wow!! That's a lot of digging! Have fun and mind your back.

And welcome.

[Kea]

Any chance of anyone expressing it in metres2 or even feet?  ??? ???

Did the plot come with poly tunnel and fruit cage or have you built those in the 4 weeks as well?