Fences or Paths

[Unwashed]

What separates your plot from your neighbours'?  I've been having a look in the gallery and I see what look like fences between plots and I'm not used to this because plots have been separated by paths on the sites I've been on.  Is it common to have fences between plots?  Why would you do that?

[Unwashed]

[saddad]

We have fences/hedges between our plots... why not?  :-\

[Unwashed]

why not?  :-\

For starters our rules wouldn't allow it (no trees).  I think I might quite like a hedge.  It's just I'm used to plots being unfenced.  I don't know, but aren't lots of fences unfriendly?

[manicscousers]

we wouldn't have room, got to have 2' paths between plots with 4' paths here and there for our wheelchair members  ;D

[Deb P]

I am well posh and have railings both sides of my main plot, and old asbestos corrugated sheeting on the other side! :o

[tonybloke]

most of our sites have a shared path every other plot. ;)

[Robert_Brenchley]

Hedges. They're the best bet if you have big plots, but they take up a lot of space, and trimming them can be a good deal of extra work. Several plots on the site (including mine) have concrete paths right in under thorn hedges, obviously put in when the site opened, by some townie who didn't know how much space they need.

[artichoke]

I came across some fencing at a market, lots and lots of chestnut spiles and wire for £7.  I happen to have neighbours crammed in next to me for historical reasons, no path, no barrier, a little uncertainty about where I stop (I arrived there first) and they start. So I have put it up to define boundary. I will not shade them out - I plan a thornless climbing fruity thing fastened to it (forgotten name, on order) in a flimsy sort of way.

Our allotment rules say paths of certain width between each plot, but that is impossible in this case.

[lewic]

We have grassy paths, and whoever nearest with a strimmer strims it. Was advised by one of my neighbours who has loads of grass paths to go for the wood-chip option instead.

Would not bother with a fence for the same reason, its more hassle to strim. But my neighbours are very well behaved, compared to some!

[Le-y]

theres nothing on our site - they put a number post up on each side at the entrance of the plot then its up to you to kinda guess where the back of your plot finishes and what line it follows!

at the moment the only thing defining mine to my neighbours is that there is a line of weeds down their side and none down mine  ;D i've hung some twine and made a line to define my boundries but i'd love to have some sort of barrier/fence - only because i dont want loads of weeds creeping over all the time from my seemingly constantly absent neighbours!

[kt.]

On our site, some have fences,  others bushes and others have nothing.  The plot holder may erect a fence but no higher than 6 ft.  No other bushes or trees may be planted on our site.

[grawrc]

Every plot is surrounded by fences on our site but they are not very high. Mostly posts and chickenwire.

[betula]

This is my old Allotment .As you can see each plot is surrounded by wonderful hedges so they are more like gardens 

http://www.edgbastonguineagardens.org.uk/id3.html

We moved house and my new allotment does not allow fences or hedges around the plots........ :(

I do miss them.

[mrestofus]

most people put fences up to keep to animals and people from damaging there plants or to funnel people to designated walkways so they do not damage plants.

[snipsnip]

Love the look of your old site betula, it must have been hard to leave it.

[1066]

The plot holder may erect a fence but no higher than 6 ft. 

blimey that's high! Our plots have grass paths, and as a result has a nice open feel about it. Not sure I'd like having 6ft fences around me, blocking out light, neighbours and no doubt falling down in storms. We are allowed shrubs and trees, and they are not meant to grow more than 6ft, and to be honest the shrubs and trees can be a right pain when someone new moves onto an uncultivated plot. Guess it's a swings and roundabout thing!

[asbean]

We have grass paths between the plots, and some people put up fences and barriers because of the rabbits.  There is a height restriction, 6 ft I think.

[betula]

Love the look of your old site betula, it must have been hard to leave it.

Yes it was very hard to go.I tried to keep it for a while but battling across inner city traffic all the time become too much and I had to say goodbye to it.
Hard to believe that allotment is inner city.You turn off a very busy main road and down a single track lane,don't miss the reversing,it is an allotment site that Brum should be proud of.

My new site has a huge problem with rabbits,I really want to put a barrier round the plot but I may have to negotiate it with the parish council   ::) ::) ::)

[chriscross1966]

Chickenwire fencing all round on ours, but we have a bunny problem...

chrisc

[Flighty]

Grass paths on my council site, I don't think that fences or hedges are allowed!