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Allotment question
On Saturday, September 15, 2012 2:52:58 PM UTC+1, Bob Hobden wrote:
NT wrote I'm not sure what to think of this... what would you make of it? An offer from a private landowner of an allotment, of size whatever I want upto 2.5x the standard old allotment size, or 5x the new half size plots. No water supply, price the same per given area as local council plots without water supply. Lenient terms when it comes to growing small trees and tidying up the grossly overgrown plot. No shed permitted but lockup tool stores ok. Access paths already in place. No restriction to just one plot as with the council. The biggest issues as I see it are that some of the land is steeply sloping, and I do mean steep, and probably only therefore fit for bushes and trees, plus the fact that its grossly overgrown, and will need a quantity of small trees cleared. Feedback welcome With a Council plot you have a certain security of tenure unless you do something wrong, what security will you have on that plot? You don't want to clear it all, set it all up, and then get chucked off. No water supply could be a serious problem, in fact I know it would not be worth having a plot here without water. Even this year we have spend hours, days if you add it up, carrying watering cans back and forth. No stream you could chuck a solar powered pump in to fill some barrels? Small trees have big roots, might be a big job to remove, the ground might also be depleted but a good dose of well rotted cow/horse manure would cure that. The slope could be terraced. Planting fruit trees is a long term project so we are back to my first point. I've not questioned the security of tenure yet. Re water, at one end the sloping patches could be guttered to collect muddy water. The rest of the plot's flat though. I forgot to mention the first year would be free on account of the clearing needed, but its a big job to clear. Re trees, I was only thinking in terms of chopping them down. Digging up the roots of lots of trees is too much work I think. thanks NT |
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