"Frogleg" wrote in message
from "Kim Bewick"
Well I've finally gone and got myself an allotment (125 sq meters)

Is this a typical size? My community garden plot, which I realize
isn't like an allotment, was 9 sq meters (20'x40') and kept me *very*
busy.

That doesn't sound right! 9sq metres would be about 3ft by 28ft

Anyway, an allotment is normally 10 sq rods (or poles or perches) and as a
rod is 5.5yds that's 302.5 sq yards or 253 sq metres. Say 25ft by 100ft.
usable soil plus paths. You also get half, quarter, and odd shaped plots to
fit the site. We have 15 sq rods.

For marking you can use those larger plastic labels but the ink does wash
off so we used a Dymo labeller and stuck that on them. Lasts years. Sue now
has me making large white painted wooden labels like the ones you see at
Helegan etc. but she still uses the dymo.

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Bob

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