Just got an allotment and have no idea how things work
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WouldBe
Dislicksick
Whoever had that plot before you god knows why they thought carpet and paving slabs would grow.
Looks like you've had a cold night.
I've had a half sized plot for a few years and the lass on the other half quit recently so I now have her bit too. It was immaculate when she took it on last autumn but she hasn't really managed to stay on top of it.
Today was the first time I've been allowed to start clearing it and I kept thinking how lucky I am it's not as overgrown as yours.
I can see soil and get a fork in the ground for a start.
It's great to see you're not getting disheartened by it.
Today was the first time I've been allowed to start clearing it and I kept thinking how lucky I am it's not as overgrown as yours.
I can see soil and get a fork in the ground for a start.
It's great to see you're not getting disheartened by it.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
That's cool, what did you manage to get done?
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
If you put more spuds in you could try covering them with loads of cutdown grass/weeds. like a mulch
Cleared and tilled a patch big enough for a couple of dozen cima di rapa that I have in modules That's about it. It was a Saturday afternoon. No need to hurry.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
Looks like a Roman road to me. Get some archaeologists in to dig it over.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Archaeologists will have their work cut out. I found the head of a fork but the handle had broken offLooks like a Roman road to me. Get some archaeologists in to dig it over.
plus an old butter knife which once would have been really nice but had totally rusted 
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Well some of the paving slabs look wrecked enough to have been installed in roman timesLooks like a Roman road to me. Get some archaeologists in to dig it over.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
You've made some progress there.The woman who runs it just took all the horrible carpets in the pileView attachment 346645
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Getting there!
Trim it all over and over over when the weather turns to crap in November/December.
Trim it all over and over over when the weather turns to crap in November/December.
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frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
The39thStep contadino etc - any idea what could be going on here? They look a bit better after I gave them a feed but I'm a bit worried tbh
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What are they? Leaves look like potatoes!?
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Yeah they are. Why are the leaves yellow?
They look waterlogged and it's pretty much November. Unless you're in the southern hemisphere, they won't be growing now.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
They're waterlogged because it was pissing down when I took the photo! I hope not. I put them in at the end of August. They look like they're struggling a bit, going to leave them and see what happens
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