Topic: A new lottie holder from Notts

[Captain_Blood]

Hi.This is my first post.What a fantastic site.Got my lottie end of October.Cleared all rubbish after numerous trips to the tip.Beds have had a winter dig.Shed repaired.Polytunnel frame was  left on site,have recovered with new polythene.Also on site was some rhubarb,damsons,greengage plums and tons of garlic.All my seeds have now been delivered.I can't wait to get growing veg.

[budgiebreeder]

hello and welcome to the site.You sound to be ready for the off like the rest of us.Roll on Spring.

[Mrs Ava]

Welcome Captain, and congrats on your plot!  It sounds well stocked!  I had a couple of apple trees, couple of gooseberry bushes and a row of plum at the end of the plot, but I have been told that they haven't fruited for years!  :-[  But I thought that was good, you get a shed and a polytunnel!  Well, welcome to the nuthouse, we is all mad here we is............mad on lotties!   ;D

[MissBaritone]

You lucky thing all I got was weeds and the local rubbish tip

[Captain_Blood]

Thanks for the welcome.It is my 1st ever lottie.Only grown spuds,beans and carrots before in the garden.Glad i came across this web site.Looks like there's some really helpful people here.
Its  a nice sunny day here in Notts so have been up to the lottie for a few hours.Finished off my polytunnel and have put down some carpet in the walk ways.Will eventually cover with bark.Swaped an old office desk for a bench for my polytunnel with one of the lottie holders.

[budgiebreeder]

You are obviously well into the swing of things so soon.The Barter system is the name of the game.Bye the way does one salute when one addresses a Captain.????????????????

[micsmum]

Hi aptain
Nice to meet you. I have lived in Guildford since 1978 and have just applied for a lottie (still waiting).
Where in Nottingham is your Lottie?
I was brought up thereand my parents, brother and I had a double allotment at Stoke Bardolph, just outside Gedling. We lived in Woodthorpe (Mapperley)
It was in the Trent basin and the soil was great!
Helen

[Captain_Blood]

Micsmum.My lottie is in Arnold.I live in Woodthorpe, near Arnot hill park.

Budgiebreeder.No need to salute, lol.One mans junk is another mans treasure.

[Fingle....]

We are having great fun getting muddy on our new Lottie !
Came with a nuclear bunker / shed as well !! (getting rid of the spiders and the egg sacs was pretty grim )

im covered in cuts from brambles, my muscles feel like they have individually masticated by an alligator, and my boots are ruined...but hell....looking forward to summer.

Met a nice lady from the plot opposite yesterday too, dont think i will be lending her my dibber tho

[Les_Woof]

Hi Captain and fellow notts lottie holder. :D

You are definately further on than we are with our lottie...still trying to get all the brambles cut back.

We are getting a new gate gate put in to the lottie so we only need walk 3metres to get in a not 350m.  Should leave us with a lot more energy to get on with it all.

Take care all

Les ;)

[Captain_Blood]

Les, where are you from in Notts? Lottie site only 3 metres away,lucky you.Mine's a mile away.

Just returned from my lottie.Have started covering some of the foot paths with bark.Fortunately we've had some dropped off for free.

[Les_Woof]

Capt'n

We live in Sneinton, and have a plot on the Greens Windmill Allotments.

It took an age to sort out the paperwork for it, but we have been niggling the council for this one particular lottie for the past 24 months as its never been tended to.

Lots to do but due to work and the little ones so little time to do it.

Looking forward to get on with it all though.  We have planned out a sketch of what we want to do with it, what veg n stuff to plant where, what varieties to use, a compost area, wildlife garden type area, an area just for the girls to do planting (however with them being so young I think they will be more interested in just digging holes for a while).

As soon as the new gate is in it will be so much easier to get on with it though, hopefully this weekend it will be there.

If you need someone to take some free bark mulch from you just let me know.

Once we have the compost area sorted I intend to pick some manure up, there are a couple of places on the way to Southwell that sell it for 50p a bag, if you need any let me know and I can arrange to drop some off for you(it will still be bagged up, don't worry about a steaming pile of manure landing on your doorstep).

Take care

Les

[Captain_Blood]

Les.Thanks for your offer of some manure,but we get a supply of horse manure and bark reguarly dropped off.Unfortunately can't pass any on to people who aren't our site.If you've not got a supply of manure for your site try phoning some stables.They are normally glad to give it away free and some will even deliver free.

We have about 28 plots on our site.There are at least 3 plots still vacant.All are overgrown just like mine was.I hired a petrol strimmer for the day to clear mine.

Robin

[Les_Woof]

Robin.

Your site seems to have it sorted.  I dont think we have a scheme like that in place.  I think most people on our site are very guarded about their lotties, they don't seem to interact with each other that much from what I have seen to date, hopefully as the season improves so will the lottie holders.. :D

It certainly not what I thought it would be like with fellow lotties, chatting/swapping ideas etc...maybe we can change that.

Here's hoping ???

Les