I put seaweed in the trenches for spuds and any left over gets put on top of the soil when the spuds have been covered. Works a treat and keeps snails away, must be the salt in the seaweed.
Grew radish in between the rows of spuds last year, first lot sown in March. First few sowings did really well until the foilage on the spuds over shadowed them.
Sounds like you're getting a lot done Roy, I can't get down to the plot till the weekends and the next two are pretty much taken up.
Fruitcake I remember you saying something about the lady in flip flops that could be good if you get the plot then you would not have to go far for tools
but would also be good if she made the effort and tried but may be she is one of the ones on the waiting list that gets a plot and then ends up giving up so quick
Is there a three months time scale for turning it into a workable plot?
Roy well done that you finished digging and getting somewhere
Yes GG, there is a 3 month deadline to get the plots up to at least 75% cultivated. She hasn't cultivated a single inch. She's been given longer because the site rep has been unwell and needed surgery
Zoomer44 just looked up the rules from the our council website
You must cultivate at least 50% of your plot (by this we mean preparing the ground, planting, growing and harvesting crops/flowers) and the remainder must be cut down and free from weeds (the area must look maintained). From the start of your tenancy agreement you have a two month period in which enforcement for non cultivation is not applicable
It's 65% here so I'm told .Will a little man with a tape measure and calculator come round to check.Zoomer - have you considered early retirement I recommend it. Not sure about seaweed in potato bags but might try it next time.
I've been to my established allotment today to get the bed dug over for my early potatoes got some manure mixed in, more manure for the rhubarb and cleared last years blackberry canes. Some of this years are 12ft long and showing no signs of slowing down!
Would need to read the rules again for our site about how much of it should be cultivated and timescales for doing it but me thinks if it hasn't been tended to for 3 months then holders initally get a warning letter.
Our association seems very fair, when first taking on a site, some are very over grown and some sites seen as more challeging than others...so providing you are improving the site and seen to be making progress, it's ok.
Roy - I have considered early retirement but to young to claim my works pension or take VR, I've a few yrs yet to work
Confession time- I recently took a form of VR from my job. I am 38 this year and plan on being partly being self employed so that I can spend more time on the plots. It helps hugely that I have a fairly healthy bank account and am tighter than Martin Lewis... I do plan on paid work part time too, I am not daft enough to think that I will make my for tune being SE or from the allotments lol
Posts
Duplicate post
I put seaweed in the trenches for spuds and any left over gets put on top of the soil when the spuds have been covered. Works a treat and keeps snails away, must be the salt in the seaweed.
Grew radish in between the rows of spuds last year, first lot sown in March. First few sowings did really well until the foilage on the spuds over shadowed them.
Sounds like you're getting a lot done Roy, I can't get down to the plot till the weekends and the next two are pretty much taken up.
Fruitcake I remember you saying something about the lady in flip flops that could be good if you get the plot then you would not have to go far for tools
but would also be good if she made the effort and tried but may be she is one of the ones on the waiting list that gets a plot and then ends up giving up so quick
Is there a three months time scale for turning it into a workable plot?
Roy well done that you finished digging and getting somewhere
Yes GG, there is a 3 month deadline to get the plots up to at least 75% cultivated. She hasn't cultivated a single inch. She's been given longer because the site rep has been unwell and needed surgery
Zoomer44 just looked up the rules from the our council website
You must cultivate at least 50% of your plot (by this we mean preparing the ground, planting, growing and harvesting crops/flowers) and the remainder must be cut down and free from weeds (the area must look maintained). From the start of your tenancy agreement you have a two month period in which enforcement for non cultivation is not applicable
So I will get two months less time
It's 65% here so I'm told .Will a little man with a tape measure and calculator come round to check.Zoomer - have you considered early retirement I recommend it. Not sure about seaweed in potato bags but might try it next time.
I've been to my established allotment today to get the bed dug over for my early potatoes
got some manure mixed in, more manure for the rhubarb and cleared last years blackberry canes. Some of this years are 12ft long 
and showing no signs of slowing down!
Would need to read the rules again for our site about how much of it should be cultivated and timescales for doing it but me thinks if it hasn't been tended to for 3 months then holders initally get a warning letter.
Our association seems very fair, when first taking on a site, some are very over grown and some sites seen as more challeging than others...so providing you are improving the site and seen to be making progress, it's ok.
Roy - I have considered early retirement but to young to claim my works pension or take VR, I've a few yrs yet to work
Confession time- I recently took a form of VR from my job. I am 38 this year and plan on being partly being self employed so that I can spend more time on the plots. It helps hugely that I have a fairly healthy bank account and am tighter than Martin Lewis... I do plan on paid work part time too, I am not daft enough to think that I will make my for tune being SE or from the allotments lol
Fruitcake , best of luck
I took early retirement , took a while to settle down but love it , a sense of freedom . Now I have 2 a small time part jobs one paid one voluntary
I would never have had time for an allottment while at work