"kay" wrote


mogga Wrote:

I read recently someone suggesting 10 hours a week!


Why the exclamation mark? Do you think that's a lot or ridiculously
little?

I really have no idea - my garden is larger than an allotment, on the
other hand it's deliberately arranged to have as few as possible things
that need regular attention and as much as possible where the attention
required is not time-critical. But a full day in the garden each week
and a few half-hour sessions doesn't seem wide of the mark, in either
direction.


Certainly in the summer you need to be on the plot at least 10 man hours a
week to keep it under control, weed, water and feed. In the winter other
than the usual annual dig there isn't that much to do other than crop the
winter veg.
This week we have had a total weed and tidy up on ours from fence to fence
and have spent about 25 man hours down on the plot although chatting with
other gardeners must have taken up a couple of hours. :-)
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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