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You'll get no joy on here demanding £200 for a lottie, how big will they be and what are you charging your friends. :-\ ;D ;D ;D
Maybe you could set up a community garden? I know of a few that have received funding with a little help! ;)With times like these I understand the need for generating income - some creative thinking maybe of order :)
What precisely would I get for my £200 per annum.Taking into consideration that I pay £20 now and that includes water on tap and liability insurance,membership of NSALG and discounted seeds from Kings!
I am not clear if you are asking £200 for an allotment or for an acre. I am on a private site owned by a farmer we pay more than average but not an unreasonable amount. Assuming 12 lotties to the acre since our paths are quite wide, I calculate that the farmer is getting about £750 an acre. For that we get water, free manure and use of a shed, paths are mowed and hedging done. Or paybe we are providing a manure disposal service? We also had to pay a returnable deposit which presumeably went towards the shed. £200 per allotment - sorry this is unreasonable. Unless perhaps they are super allotments at only four to the acre. I just do not think you will find many takers at this price.
Hi MillieI agree with you. There are historical reasons for allotments being so cheap - poor labouring classes etc. I pay £55 pa which I think is ridiculously cheap, in no way does that cover costs for water, mowing, skips, allotment officers salary and that's way we get such a poor service. Something more realistic like £200 would work wonders in discouraging the dibblers, time wasters and general shoulder slopers and we might even have a better relationship with the council!No doubt I shall be excommunicated now.
Quote from: SMP1704 on February 19, 2010, 21:37:44Hi MillieI agree with you. There are historical reasons for allotments being so cheap - poor labouring classes etc. I pay £55 pa which I think is ridiculously cheap, in no way does that cover costs for water, mowing, skips, allotment officers salary and that's way we get such a poor service. Something more realistic like £200 would work wonders in discouraging the dibblers, time wasters and general shoulder slopers and we might even have a better relationship with the council!No doubt I shall be excommunicated now.Gosh....I hope not.... :) Probably if I didn't have a garden big enough for an allotment, I would also be pleased to have a plot of land at a reasonable rate myself...chin up