My sister and her husband have won best allotment
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Minnie_the_Minx
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I want to be alloted an allotment.
I have that very parasol hence the picture quote.
sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
The shed has a sign which says 'Government House', too.
Minnie_the_Minx
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I think they only waited a couple of years for theirs, and they've had it for 3 years. He's already on the management committee
I did wonder if the results were fixed
but apparently it was a public vote
sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
I didn't build it, tbf. 
I'll try and take some more pics soon, but his (...THREE...) plots have all gone a bit straggly while we were away (someone was meant to be looking after them, but they didn't ), so it all needs bit of a tidy up first....
I'll try and take some more pics soon, but his (...THREE...) plots have all gone a bit straggly while we were away (someone was meant to be looking after them, but they didn't
), so it all needs bit of a tidy up first....
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I didn't build it, tbf.
I'll try and take some more pics soon, but his (...THREE...) plots have all gone a bit straggly while we were away (someone was meant to be looking after them, but they didn't
THREE? My sister only has two
Are plots all the same size everywhere?
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I think they only waited a couple of years for theirs, and they've had it for 3 years. He's already on the management committee
I did wonder if the results were fixed
How do you get on a waiting list and do you have to pay much for the allotment?
Minnie_the_Minx
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
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250m2?? That's a lot of plot.
Minnie_the_Minx
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Imagine a meter squared. Now imagine 25 of them (small garden size). Now imagine 10 small gardens.
Thinking about it again, it's not super huge. More than I could manage though in work and cost.
Thinking about it again, it's not super huge. More than I could manage though in work and cost.
Minnie_the_Minx
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Yes yes I did read that but I don't think I would ever get around to doing anything on it. Maybe when I am older. I should try and not kill anything I attempt to grow in my own garden before moving on to paid plots.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I don't have a garden, and as for indoor pot plants, they always seem to die on me
Minnie_the_Minx
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I can't imagine my sister's allotment being anywhere near 10 small gardens. Maybe it's bigger than it looks
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Maybe my idea of a small garden is smaller than yours.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
Is that her garden?! It's BEAUTIFUL!
That poor man with his whirly head though.
We're lucky in Brighton because it apparently has a very transient population (as told to me by the allotment bloke at the council) so there're generally always plenty of plots spare and the only hold up is down to the fact that as a consequence they have a huge number of people taking up allotments and then giving up on them (fairly usual - even more so when they're relatively easily available) and further, that the allotment people at the council only have a limited number of people to go around and assess who's actually using their plots and chase them up with warnings and then reallocate them (which they only do annually).
My ex is currently using two plots that ex-neighbours of ours have taken on and then given up, but are happy to relinquish to him until they want to use them again.
But yeah, he likes a bit of gardening!
I'm very strongly in favour of everyone having the opportunity to have their own plot, but there are still loads of unused ones on our relatively small patch (I reckon there are forty or fifty at the most, with less than half being regularly used and a majority of the irregular users having given up completely pretty quickly after taking one on).
Because of this, our council tries to encourage people to take on half plots, but the problem continues.....it pisses me off a bit because my mum waited for years for one in London too (we were in South Camden and eventually got one in North Finchley....all bulldozed now I believe), but then again it's only fair to give people one whole growing season (aka......errrrr.....a year) to see if they can't get stuck in.
They're hard work though and I think people either love that and embrace them or just find it's all much harder work than they imagined....and there's no effective system to account for that really, so waiting lists will inevitably continue to grow.
That poor man with his whirly head though.
We're lucky in Brighton because it apparently has a very transient population (as told to me by the allotment bloke at the council) so there're generally always plenty of plots spare and the only hold up is down to the fact that as a consequence they have a huge number of people taking up allotments and then giving up on them (fairly usual - even more so when they're relatively easily available) and further, that the allotment people at the council only have a limited number of people to go around and assess who's actually using their plots and chase them up with warnings and then reallocate them (which they only do annually).
My ex is currently using two plots that ex-neighbours of ours have taken on and then given up, but are happy to relinquish to him until they want to use them again.
But yeah, he likes a bit of gardening!
I'm very strongly in favour of everyone having the opportunity to have their own plot, but there are still loads of unused ones on our relatively small patch (I reckon there are forty or fifty at the most, with less than half being regularly used and a majority of the irregular users having given up completely pretty quickly after taking one on).
Because of this, our council tries to encourage people to take on half plots, but the problem continues.....it pisses me off a bit because my mum waited for years for one in London too (we were in South Camden and eventually got one in North Finchley....all bulldozed now I believe), but then again it's only fair to give people one whole growing season (aka......errrrr.....a year) to see if they can't get stuck in.
They're hard work though and I think people either love that and embrace them or just find it's all much harder work than they imagined....and there's no effective system to account for that really, so waiting lists will inevitably continue to grow.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Is that her garden?! It's BEAUTIFUL!
That poor man with his whirly head though.
We're lucky in Brighton because it apparently has a very transient population (as told to me by the allotment bloke at the council) so there're generally always plenty of plots spare and the only hold up is down to the fact that as a consequence they have a huge number of people taking up allotments and then giving up on them (fairly usual - even more so when they're relatively easily available) and further, that the allotment people at the council only have a limited number of people to go around and assess who's actually using their plots and chase them up with warnings and then reallocate them (which they only do annually).
My ex is currently using two plots that ex-neighbours of ours have taken on and then given up, but are happy to relinquish to him until they want to use them again.
I'm very strongly in favour of everyone having the opportunity to have their own plot, but there are still loads of unused ones on our relatively small patch (I reckon there are forty or fifty at the most, with less than half being regularly used and a majority of the irregular users having given up completely pretty quickly after taking one on).
But yeah, he likes a bit of gardening!
I don't think b/f would appreciate me putting up photos of him, but it's one of my favourites
sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
Minnie - is that YOUR garden, then ...I read it and reread it and thought it must be your sisters?!
It's so bright and vivid...really lovely!
Whatever - please tell your bf from me that he has a beautiful face!
...I read it and reread it and thought it must be your sisters?! It's so bright and vivid...really lovely!
Whatever - please tell your bf from me that he has a beautiful face!
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Minnie - is that YOUR garden, then
It's so bright and vivid...really lovely!
Whatever - please tell your bf from me that he has a beautiful face!
Noooooooooooooo
I have a bit of concrete but there's nothing in it
PS: I'll tell my b/f. He'll be very flattered (until I show him what I've done with his face)
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I only have a bit of concrete.
My sister's is pretty small
Oh no, theres that pedophile bloke in your garden.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
This is what the corner opposite that bench looks like at various stages
Minnie_the_Minx
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Wow its all so pretty, you made a damn good job of a concrete garden.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
It's NOT mine, it's my sister's
She's lucky in that her house is on the corner so she gets a lot of light. I only get about 2 hours a day of sunlight.
I don't have a single plant in my garden
