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 ;D ;D ;D ;D Hello all!! I just got my plot today.. I'm going to go down tomorrow and have a good look around and survey it etc. Does anyone have any top tips for my first day on the plot?

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brilliant !!, congrats and welcome..take some pictures so's you can see what it was like before you started  :)

yes indeed top tip is to definately to take some pictures for us to see. and also a bit of jumping around and rubbing hands together gleefully.  then come back and tell us what its like.  welcome. ;D

Two top tips:
1) take pics before you start work
2) open a bottle of bubbly to celebrate

My top tip would be 'don't panic'  ;)  I remember being totally overwhelmed when we went to ours for the first time to actually make a start but once you get going it does seem achievable, honest  ;D

Oh, and do take lots of pix to share with us all, we just love before & after photos!

Good luck  ;)

Great news........decide the on the best spot for eating your lunchtime sarnies for the next few weekends, but don't overdo it!  ;D

Big day tomorrow… excellent news... Just take it one step at a time, make a rough sketch on how you would like the plot to look in the future. Clear a small area and put in some think you really like… enjoy. Good luck DD 

Congrats - top tip? Remember that it's supposed to be fun and there's no law that says it has to look like the Garden of Eden in a couple of weeks (regardless of what the 'old boys' tell you  ;D)

Well done, enjoy and yes as others have told you,don't think it has to be pristine by June.  Pictures of course, we made our priority putting in stuff we had to wait a year or more for, this paid off, but we did have a bit we could put other stuff in as well  and we got our first one towards the autumn so it was easier.

Have fun XX Jeannine

welcome just the right time to get some runner beans in. it is a good fast crop and will give you a sense of achievement (and something to harvest) while you tackle more difficult crops above all enjoy it
marg

 ;D Thank you everyone! I'll be taking the digital camera down there this morning and will put some photos on here for you all to see! It just so happens that my mum's got some spare runner bean seedlings that I can have so I guess I'll have to go find some canes from somewhere!

Right pen and paper in hand and I'm ready... Ooh I'd better get out of my pyjamas first!!

Hope you have a great day down the lottie!
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Well on my trip down to the allotment, I came across a really friendly chap who is the allotment officer. He told me that the plot I was given isn't the best and pointed out a better, healthier plot that's just been repossessed from the previous tennant.

I agreed with the guy that it's a much better site, and am now hoping that the council lady agrees that I can have it... I hope there's no problems as I'm looking forward to my first bank holiday digging!

Fingers crossed... I really hate our committee when they try to palm a poor plot off onto a keen newcomer... some would need a weeks work by a team of 20 just to shift the accumulated debris! I took one on that had a covering of Brambles and self set damsons some up to twenty years old!
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;D ;D ;D  I headed down to the council this afternoon, and managed to get that plot afterall! I'll have my weekend of digging afterall!

Hello there Emily. Enjoy your allotment. Don't let it become a drudge. Do a section at a time and stand back and admire it. If you start off with small beds at first you will find it easier to rotate your crops and when you get established and run out of room ( we all do) you can then start to dig your paths and extend your beds. Don't forget the pics will you.

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Here is my long awaited allotment!! Grass, docs and that's about it!

Hello there!!  Am very new to the site and to allotments too and feel very reassured having read your page, and seeing the very friendly replies you have had! 

Keep digging!  ;)

A few flowers too! sweet peas,larkspur, zinnias nothing like a great big bunch of flowers to bring home!