Where exactly is your allotment? - Region - South West

Arthur Fallowfield · July 24, 2009, 23:33:17

Hello, just registered; I'm Inner Street allotments Grantham. Free water courtesy of the river Witham!

Arthur Fallowfield · July 24, 2009, 23:33:17

Flighty · July 25, 2009, 07:57:47

Arthur hello and welcome to A4A!
I see that your plot is in East Angela, or the Midlands, rather than the South West but no worries as we all put messages in the wrong place at times! There's nothing like a bit of confusion to keep us on our toes!

tonybloke · July 25, 2009, 08:51:09

wotcha arthur !! welcome aboard

tomatoada · July 25, 2009, 10:44:09

Hi. Lucky you with the river for water.
Its good for a laugh and info. on here.

Digeroo · July 25, 2009, 10:51:24

Hi Arthur. Nice to have loads of water, but the problem with rivers is the sometimes you get rather too much.

Nice to hear that more places are joining us here in the SW. There's a little gentle rivalry with them up north. So welcome to our team.

tonybloke · July 25, 2009, 12:06:43

arthur ain't in the south with you jessies! ;) ;D ;D ;D he's from up here with the east anglian crew !!

cornwallallotments · August 07, 2009, 20:11:33

We are in Cornwall definately the south west! We have recently started an allotment site on our smallholding, we now have 50 fabulous allotmenteers on their plots and room for a few more! Tomorrow are having the first of our Allotment Fun Days and BBQ! Next saturday 15th Aug we have an open day for anyone who wants to have a look around, our website is www.cornwallallotments.com If anyone is in the area please pop in between 10 and 4 for a cuppa or a cornish cream tea!

kera · August 14, 2009, 14:22:56

hi everyone new to the site and wanted to add that we are in torbay and have just gotten an allotment after a bit of a wait!! currently clearing the allotment as it has been used as a bit of a dumping ground and is covered in bindweed :(

can't wait to properly explore this site for lots of hints and tips :)

macmac · August 14, 2009, 14:25:04

Quote from: kera on August 14, 2009, 14:22:56
hi everyone new to the site and wanted to add that we are in torbay and have just gotten an allotment after a bit of a wait!! currently clearing the allotment as it has been used as a bit of a dumping ground and is covered in bindweed :(

can't wait to properly explore this site for lots of hints and tips :)

Hi Kera and welcome :)
Where exactly are you? ???

kera · August 14, 2009, 14:29:16

we are in Brixham and so is the allotment we have :)

Digeroo · August 14, 2009, 15:10:51

Hi Kera. Their is load of good advice as well as a bit of good humour (see posts above). (We even know where Grantham is ;D ;D, its the birth place of Maggie ::))

I started my allotment in March so hope you enjoy yours as much as I have been enjoying mine. First few months was a lot of work.

mr onion · September 01, 2009, 21:41:35

Hi I'm a long time reader first time user of this site. I'm from Plymouth. "Rite south west is that boy! get-on yah janner :D . For all you who know plymouth I can see smeatons tower (light house) from my plot such a nice view from my plot i am very lucky. it was in a state when i took it over. but I'm getting there!

manicscousers · September 01, 2009, 21:45:36

Hiya, mr onion, welcome to the site ;D
have ya got any pics of the lighthouse, nosey lot, us ;D

saddad · September 01, 2009, 22:24:24

Hi Kera nad Mr Onion...
I once taught at John Smeaton School... outside Leeds... :-\

mr onion · September 02, 2009, 15:17:47

hears a link to a pic of the light house. i didnt take the pic! http://www.flickr.com/photos/cookylamoo/468439626/

smudger28 · June 09, 2010, 09:14:44

Hi Guys

Newbie to the site and our allotment is in Penryn , Cornwall.

There are about 3 fields with at least 40 plots on each...

We have been going 2 years now and its been very rewarding!

Paul & Alina

Unwashed · June 09, 2010, 11:19:46

Welcome to A4A Smudgers, and happy gardening.

belairebel · June 09, 2010, 11:20:58

Mine is at the Birchen Grove allotments in NW London. It's inside the Welsh Harp Nature Reserve and as you can imagine - glorious.

Anyone looking in from the outside would think we all suffered from some weird disease - or were practising some even weirder religion. Before any cutting into a grassy area we all hop about stamping for about 5 min's to give the frogs, toads and newts fair warning to escape! It's one of the reasons I cut the grass by hand - I have an ongoing nightmare of cutting one of them in half!

I've seen a Sparrow Hawk, Woodpecker's and Parrot's flying about here and it's made all the stranger because we are in the heart of NW London but the traffic is a distant hum and as long as I'm there., I can pretend that ugly old London doesn't exist.

It's my little piece of heaven. The only drawback is 1) I'm not allowed to take my dogs with me and 2) we have a really bad theft problem and unfortunately, I seem to suffer more than most. I thought I was imagining it but I'm not. Last year, someone stole all my Butternut Squash. Every one. The year before, it was all the Sweetcorn and the Broccoli.

All the idiot who runs the site says is that "it's the squirrels". Really? They must be amazing animals, because they wear boots and use very sharp knives to remove the goods!