Allotments anyone?

I like the sound of no digging!

Look at the no dig techniques. You tube is great for ideas. Take the leap ! Go for it . Ask in the village ! The spring and summer are in front of us. Now is the time to start!

ninathenanna, I was wondering if offering to help someone else might be a good way to get hands on experience. I might look into that.

Thank you for the invite loopyloo. Sadly I’m in West Norfolk nowadays although I’m a Londoner by birth. And thank you for the tips. The digging is a worry because I’m such a couch potato but I’m hoping that getting stuck in might make me fitter. I’m also relatively new to the village so it would be a good way to get to know people as well as grow some lovely fresh veg. Or is this all just pie in the sky?

Dear Mollie , are you anywhere near East London? Because you would be welcome to visit mine and talk about sharing it.
Do you have a site in mind? One you can easily walk to is good. Perhaps talk to a local site and think about a half plot. One with a shed is very helpful. One that gets good light from the South or west and doesn't flood.
The thing to do is really bond with the site organiser as they can be very helpful.

I quite like taking on a really over grown one as it's then really mine and you don't know what you might find.
The most important thing though is to have a chair and a bit of shade so you can get out your flask of tea/coffee. I also have a wind up radio so I can listen to the 1 o'clock news.

H started out helping a single lady friend of ours with her plot. Spending 3-4 hrs every Sunday working there. He does the heavy digging and things she can't manage for a share of the produce. There is hard/heavy work involved. H now has his own plot that had belonged to an elderly gent who had let it go to seed. H has spent several hours prepping it for planting.
You can't beat veg that has gone from the ground to table in a matter of hours.

My husband has had an allotment for several years so we could maybe answer some queries too.
It is a big commitment so go into it with realistic expectations - he spends many hours a week tending it - and the crops don't come home looking perfect by any means. He's seen plots go to weed when holders realise how much hard work is involved.

Thank you all. I have been toying with the idea of taking an allotment on but have no experience of growing fruit or veg and wanted some tips, warnings, insight etc to help me decide if I should sign up. Whitewave has been very helpful but if anyone wants to add to the discussion I’d be very interested to read your input

We also had an allotment for some years; loved it. Am a mine of useless information; pleased to help if I can!

Hi, yes have an allotment. Ask anything you like. I probably won't know the answer.
Have you just acquired an allotment?

We have had an allotment for many years now and are fairly self sufficient in the veg department. Fire away with your questions, will do our best to answer them.

Thank you Whitewave ... I’ll pm you

We had an allotment for donkeys years but heart and back problems meant we had to give it up but ask away -I loved every minute of having one.