Hi, the successful cultivation of fruit, flowers, and vegetables for the market, Woman's Work of the poultry-keeping side of the business there is much that women can ... and if they can run on grass land devoted to fruit-growing. I edited out the link. Sorry, can't have links in posts. Peace, poor_old_dad
I see some areas of the UK now have a 40 YEAR waiting list for an allotment ! Even ours has a waiting list of around 75 at present... a couple of years ago you couldn't give them away. But is this current interest going to continue or is it a passing fashion ?
From Wikipedia: Allotments are very popular in Europe and have been for a very long time. I visited several in a few countries during late 1960s. Overwhelmingly they were very productive and beautiful, which is understandable. Imagine a huge field, divided into dozens or more small (maybe 50'x50') plots, each with a different gardener and garden. Peace, poor_old_dad
Hi, hope you don't have to wait too long for it. A few minutes down the street are garden plots, too. Not the typically ones that are located between rails or that are surrounded be motorways. They're really quiet and nice. But you have to snatch the plot from some persons cold hands if you want it. Regards Gyro
Our is supposed to be one of the largest in Europe, I think around 350 plots of one-sixteenth of an acre each...all for £36 a year, water included ! It allows me to be at least partly self-sufficient in vegetables and soft fruit, mixed in with flowers [I particularly plant for bees & butterflies] and I have a small pond, supporting a breeding colony of frogs. I've lots of photos - I'll try to get them up on my website, when time allows.
hello =] i got the key for it today! woop! had a choice of 3, got a fairly big site but it needs a lot of work doin to it, but ill just do a section at a time =D
Hi, congratulations. The work is part of the fun, IMHO. It becomes boring very quickly if everything is perfect and you just come, sit on your bench and watch the perfectness. A friends dad can occupy himself a whole weekend long with trimming a hedge. Then there are pumpkins, you have to look after them every day, na, every hour . Uff, a garden brings so much work . Regards Gyro
yeah, ive been planning it all out today! im currently on version 3 haha. i think its ganna involve hiring heavy machinery to turn the ground and get parts of it levelled for a shed
Hi, perhaps we can see the huge building pit for the shed on the google satellite pictures . Are you allowed to start an open fire or to have a barbecue on your parcel of land? Regards Gyro
haha i am actually ganna google earth the plot bonfires are only allowed from the end of oct to the start of march, and theyre only to burn diseased plant material
Hi, the satellite pics are fascinating and scary at the same time. On some pics I've seen you can perceive the table on the roof terrace of my office. Regards Gyro
