Got my new shed now on the allotment and am well pleased with it and use
it to store my tools (spade, fork, hoe, rake, etc.) and all the other
small bits and pieces that are essential for gardening work.

But should I lock the shed door with the key when I leave? Or just
leave it unlocked with the wheelbarrow upturned against it?

What do people here usually do?

Ed

On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:14:08 +0100, Ed ex@directory wrote:

Got my new shed now on the allotment and am well pleased with it and use
it to store my tools (spade, fork, hoe, rake, etc.) and all the other
small bits and pieces that are essential for gardening work.

But should I lock the shed door with the key when I leave? Or just
leave it unlocked with the wheelbarrow upturned against it?

What do people here usually do?

Ed

I share a shed with a friend who has a metal "locker" inside which he
padlocks. It is an old changing-rooms type locker. Things in the
outer part are of less interest to theives (wellies etc!) than the
tools inside the locker. Previously people came with bolt cutters and
cut through a pretty substantial padlock. It really depends on your
area and the security of your site. We do better now our site has a
strong metal fence round it.

Pam in Bristol

On 14/04/09 17:32, Pam Moore wrote:
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:14:08 +0100, Ed ex@directory wrote:

Got my new shed now on the allotment and am well pleased with it and use
it to store my tools (spade, fork, hoe, rake, etc.) and all the other
small bits and pieces that are essential for gardening work.

But should I lock the shed door with the key when I leave? Or just
leave it unlocked with the wheelbarrow upturned against it?

What do people here usually do?

Ed

I share a shed with a friend who has a metal "locker" inside which he
padlocks. It is an old changing-rooms type locker. Things in the
outer part are of less interest to theives (wellies etc!) than the
tools inside the locker. Previously people came with bolt cutters and
cut through a pretty substantial padlock. It really depends on your
area and the security of your site. We do better now our site has a
strong metal fence round it.

Pam in Bristol

Wow.. Pam, that sounds interesting idea.. a locker in the shed!!

But tell me this.. you have high perimeter fencing about you're
allotment site?

Ed (East Herts, UK)

On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:06:19 +0100, Ed ex@directory wrote:

On 14/04/09 17:32, Pam Moore wrote:
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:14:08 +0100, Ed ex@directory wrote:

Got my new shed now on the allotment and am well pleased with it and use
it to store my tools (spade, fork, hoe, rake, etc.) and all the other
small bits and pieces that are essential for gardening work.

But should I lock the shed door with the key when I leave? Or just
leave it unlocked with the wheelbarrow upturned against it?

What do people here usually do?

Ed

I share a shed with a friend who has a metal "locker" inside which he
padlocks. It is an old changing-rooms type locker. Things in the
outer part are of less interest to theives (wellies etc!) than the
tools inside the locker. Previously people came with bolt cutters and
cut through a pretty substantial padlock. It really depends on your
area and the security of your site. We do better now our site has a
strong metal fence round it.

Pam in Bristol

Wow.. Pam, that sounds interesting idea.. a locker in the shed!!

But tell me this.. you have high perimeter fencing about you're
allotment site?

Ed (East Herts, UK)

Yes, the fencing is the sort they put round schools now.

Pam in Bristol

The message
from Pam Moore contains these words:

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But tell me this.. you have high perimeter fencing about you're
allotment site?

Yes, the fencing is the sort they put round schools now.

Well, it doesn't keep the prisoner^h^h^h^kids in, do you expect it'll
keep them out?

--
Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk

Ed ex@directory wrote:

What do people here usually do?

Since you've posted in a couple of groups that are international, it would
help to know where "here" is. Or, are you trying to find places where
people don't lock up their stuff? Or do you live under a bridge, which is
my own dark suspicion.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

On 14/04/09 17:33, Gary Woods wrote:
Ed ex@directory wrote:

What do people here usually do?

Since you've posted in a couple of groups that are international, it would
help to know where "here" is. Or, are you trying to find places where
people don't lock up their stuff? Or do you live under a bridge, which is
my own dark suspicion.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

Sorry... I should have said that I live in East Herts in the UK..

Ed

On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:53:54 +0100
Ed ex@directory wrote:

Sorry... I should have said that I live in East Herts in the UK..

In that case you need an armed guard - if you can find one you trust.
Anywhere south of Lancaster is 'Here be Dragons' land where everyone is
a potential tea leaf. :-)

R.

"Ed" wrote ...
Got my new shed now on the allotment and am well pleased with it and use
it to store my tools (spade, fork, hoe, rake, etc.) and all the other
small bits and pieces that are essential for gardening work.

But should I lock the shed door with the key when I leave? Or just leave
it unlocked with the wheelbarrow upturned against it?

What do people here usually do?


I won't have a shed on our plot, they are attractants for thieves and
vandals. It worries me that all the new gardeners on our site seem to think
a shed is essential on an allotment, there was only one before, I know we
will get trouble soon.
Personally I would leave it unlocked as otherwise it will get broken/smashed
into and badly damaged (or even be pushed over, seen that too). The tools
may not be worth much but anything is enough.

Our shed is a 1986 Defender van, another "old" gardener has a decent trailer
so nothing, tool wise, is left on the plots.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London

On 14/04/09 17:41, Bob Hobden wrote:
"Ed" wrote ...
Got my new shed now on the allotment and am well pleased with it and use
it to store my tools (spade, fork, hoe, rake, etc.) and all the other
small bits and pieces that are essential for gardening work.

But should I lock the shed door with the key when I leave? Or just leave
it unlocked with the wheelbarrow upturned against it?

What do people here usually do?


I won't have a shed on our plot, they are attractants for thieves and
vandals. It worries me that all the new gardeners on our site seem to think
a shed is essential on an allotment, there was only one before, I know we
will get trouble soon.
Personally I would leave it unlocked as otherwise it will get broken/smashed
into and badly damaged (or even be pushed over, seen that too). The tools
may not be worth much but anything is enough.

Our shed is a 1986 Defender van, another "old" gardener has a decent trailer
so nothing, tool wise, is left on the plots.


I like having the shed . It means I can leave all my tools and stuff
there and I can sit inside if there a bit of rain. So, I can then just
cycle up there on my push bike and not need take the car .

Ed (Herts, UK).

Ed wrote:

I like having the shed . It means I can leave all my tools and stuff
there and I can sit inside if there a bit of rain. So, I can then just
cycle up there on my push bike and not need take the car .

Ed (Herts, UK).


In the end it is a gamble. Depending on the amount of theft and
vandalism in your particular allotment. You have to weigh up the value
of your tools, which ones to keep there and the convenience of not
carrying them all the time... and be prepared to buy replacements if
they get stolen.

If your tools do get stolen you may be lucky and find identical ones
going cheap on a car boot sale ;-)

--
David in Normandy.
To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the
subject line, or it will be automatically deleted
by a filter and not reach my inbox.

"David in Normandy" wrote in message
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Ed wrote:

I like having the shed . It means I can leave all my tools and stuff
there and I can sit inside if there a bit of rain. So, I can then just
cycle up there on my push bike and not need take the car .

Ed (Herts, UK).


In the end it is a gamble. Depending on the amount of theft and vandalism
in your particular allotment. You have to weigh up the value of your
tools, which ones to keep there and the convenience of not carrying them
all the time... and be prepared to buy replacements if they get stolen.

If your tools do get stolen you may be lucky and find identical ones going
cheap on a car boot sale ;-)

one way around that is to buy cheap second hand tools. If they are worn they
may not be so attractive to a chancer and not a huge loss if pinched.

rob

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On 14/04/09 17:41, Bob Hobden wrote:
"Ed" wrote ...
Got my new shed now on the allotment and

Meant to ask, what's an "allotment"?

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"Ed" ex@directory wrote in message
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On 14/04/09 17:41, Bob Hobden wrote:
"Ed" wrote ...
Got my new shed now on the allotment and

Meant to ask, what's an "allotment"?

Assuming you're in the U.S, you would probably call it a community garden.

Steve

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"Ed" ex@directory wrote in message
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On 14/04/09 17:41, Bob Hobden wrote:
"Ed" wrote ...
Got my new shed now on the allotment and

Meant to ask, what's an "allotment"?

Assuming you're in the U.S, you would probably call it a community garden.

Steve

Thanks. Then I would definitely lock my shed.