"jane" wrote after me
~
~So you will be subscribing to "The Kitchen Garden" magazine then?
~
~I've not yet found a definitive site re starting a new allotment which
was
~why I was writing one myself for our Pooley Green Allotments web site
when
~our server folks decided to play nasty and demand money when it was
supposed
~to be free hosting.
~So it is no more. Sorry.

So that's what happened to them! Most of mine (including moonbells)
are on basic freeserve accounts so hosting is free: works quite nicely
apart from them requiring you uplink pages via their 0845 phone number
and not through someone else's broadband.

I only have a bit of advice on starting plots, here
http://www.moonbells.freeserve.co.uk/advice/advice.html
and it's mostly a FAQ and not exhaustive.

Bob, if you have some pages you'd like me to put up for you, and they
aren't too graphics-heavy, let me know and I'll build them into
moonbells. Still got a few MB free and I can always link my separate
pages into another site I share.

Thanks, I had got about half way through the total update and the new
allotment guide pages when it went off the net. Only a couple of us left and
we arn't prepared to pay out for a web site.
I'll think about your kind offer Jane and let you know, or I might just try
another free hosting server if I get the urge. :-)

~
~However there are a number of us allotment holders here, together with
those
~who grow veg at home, so there is plenty of experience here to help you.

Theory is fine, my practice this year has been awful. Will be glad
when the wedding's over and I can get back to weeding...

Can't weed 'cause it's too wet, the hoe won't work and I don't want to get
on the ground and compact it. Otherwise everything is growing better than
ever, brassicas are the biggest ever.

--
Regards
Bob
in Runnymede, 17miles west of London, UK