Poll

What percentage of your allotment is currently (October) cultivated

80-100%
13 (24.1%)
60-79%
10 (18.5%)
40 -59%
20 (37%)
20-39%
7 (13%)
Less than 20%
4 (7.4%)

Total Members Voted: 53

Voting closed: October 27, 2012, 08:40:57

Author Topic: How full is your allotment?  (Read 5679 times)

kt.

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Re: How full is your allotment?
« Reply #20 on: October 21, 2012, 22:15:31 »
Overwinter onions and garlic
Winter lettuce
Spring cabbage
Winter savoy cabbage
Xmas caulis
Spring caulis
Kale
Leeks
Spring onions
Swede
Brussel sprouts
Parsnips
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Linnea

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Re: How full is your allotment?
« Reply #21 on: October 21, 2012, 22:40:39 »
permanent stuff takes up about 50% of currently cultivated space (not including paths).

still have
carrots, parsnips, leeks, sprouts, cabbages, broccoli,
onions/garlic in for next year.
if I'd filled out the survey last week i could have added beans (runner ad french) to the list but got a frost so they went in the compost bin

kippers garden

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Re: How full is your allotment?
« Reply #22 on: October 25, 2012, 06:59:59 »
I have:

Soft fruit, rhubarb and fruit trees.
 
I have a poly tunnel that has summer lettuce, sweetcorn, turnips, cape gooseburys, winter lettuce, miners, lettuce, cornsalad, hardy spring onions  etc. If you want to see a picture there is one here:

http://notjustgreenfingers.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/garlic-bread-and-general-tidying-up-at-the-allotment/

Outside I have some sweetcorn and cucumbers left (until the frosts lol), kale, spinach, spring broccolli, brussells, parsnips, celeriac, swede, leeks, spring cabbage, winter cabbage, red cabbage, Jap onions, cauliflowers, asparagus, globe artichokes, jeruselum artichokes, carrots and garlic ...(I think that's all, i'll add to it later if I think of anything)  Broadbeans to be sown shortly.

Amazingly, my wildflower patch is still flowering lovely at the moment (until we have frost) you can see it in the summer here if you want to:

http://notjustgreenfingers.wordpress.com/allotment-flowers-with-pictures/     (about half way down)

and here:

http://notjustgreenfingers.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/stop-and-smell-the-roses/
« Last Edit: October 25, 2012, 07:20:21 by kippers garden »
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newspud9

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Re: How full is your allotment?
« Reply #23 on: October 28, 2012, 21:44:10 »
If I'd used my head when I first took over the jungle, then it would be more than the 60% it is now.  My biggest mistake was not putting to bed, so to speak, those parts I wanted as paths rather than for growing.  So I wasted time weeding, re-weeding, and again ...rather than on the actual growing.   These days, I dig/weed/dig and then covering with double plastic ...and do it once, but thoroughly; I reckon I'll get the other 40% up and running by 2014...but then it was always going to be a 5 year plan.

 

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