"countymayo.j" wrote in message
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On Jan 17, 9:57 pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
Down in the village, a mile and a half away. It's 1640 sq yards and I used
to keep milk goats on it until they passed away of old age.
My local council want me to lease it to them for allotments, but I'm not
keen as they want a 10 year minimum lease and I had plans for growing
stuff
on it myself when I retire (which will be during that 10 year period.) I
just don't have time atm with working and having 1/4 acre here that is
getting away from me.
I had this brilliant idea. Or is it? There is such a demand for allotments
here that the council cannot fulfil, that I could mark it out in plots and
let it on a crop sharing basis. It has a water tap and is well fenced with
6 ft high gate with a key lock, not a padlock.
Thus getting veggies for myself with no effort!
Has anyone ever done this or know anyone who has?
What does the team think?

Tina
P.S. Nothing chemical has been put on this land since I bought it 25+
years
ago, so it would be totally organic.

Tina, you have so many possibilities. If it were me I would go along
the line of letting it with crop sharing, how exciting.

There would be a rent too. As my one lettuce/cauliflower/cabbage/leek a
week wouldn't seem enough.
I bought this land when my rented land I had my goats on was going to be
built on and it cost me half as much as my house at that time. It's time I
got something back from it. I had two mortgages. 10 years on the land and
25 years on the house. That was fun. Not.

Tina








However, if
you went along the Council route, you could ensure that you had a plot
marked out for your own use without charge. I'd love to hear how it
goes.

Judith