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National Trust to provide allotments
"Mike" wrote when I took up my allotment there was only a couple old blokes still there along with a wonderful lady who from her name and little things she said I'm pretty sure survived escaping the holocaust to grow veg into her nineties, (she passed away during the last winter without her allotment ever becoming overgrown). I thought it would all soon close. But now the demand is so great the lady's plot is divided in two halves for two off the waiting list, which nationally is in 6 figures now. Now I look around and see I'm the old bloke, if I look at anybodies plot, you cam see they think I'm tut tutting at their skills, little do they know I'm clueless beyond one gardening book and advice from here. Our last allotment site ended up in 2004 with five plots taken between three gardeners (two were couples) and there were 150+ plots. How times change and in such a short time too. It's now a Park although they say they will put back a small allotment site of about a dozen plots if/when they get the money. Yet they are saying they have a huge waiting list now. One problem I see is that a lot of the older sites don't have toilets and with more women than men, and young women mainly, taking up plots, it becomes imperative to have a toilet provided. (if only so I don't get arrested!) I am one of the "old farts" on our site but try to keep my own counsel unless asked specifically. One thing I have noticed is that the new gardeners don't seem to understand the importance of manure (and lots of it), I don't know if they use lots of fertilizer instead but if not then they are storing up trouble in the shape of decreasing yields and mucking up the soil for future gardeners. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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