Our allotment contains ten rods. As part of the tenancy agreement, we shall “keep the garden clean, free of weeds and in a good state of cultivation and fertility”. So we had a little meeting on 3 October 2007 and agreed our priorities are:
- Clear the greenhouse, clean, maintain
- Basic clearance of plot such as removal of rubbish
- Strim the plot - T to explore
- Policy decision - dig, no dig or part-dig?
- Think about plot soil, size, layout and rotation
- What are we going to grow?
- Our weekly slot on the plot: Tuesday mornings from 9 a.m.
- We like a bench
- What sort of tools and where do we keep them?
- T will sort out ringbinder for any paperwork
- We'll use John Seymour's book on self-sufficiency (ha!)
- A will investigate winter lettuce, spring cabbage and summer cauliflower
- T will investigate garlic
- Pick the verbena b., our first crop!
