Allotment cash crop advice
 

Hi, My allotment is probably twice or 3 time more that I need to feed my
family, or even just keep weed free.

Next year I was thinking of setting half to a very low maintainance cash
crop.....

Any ideas what this should be ?

I'm not "that" interested in the money side, as long as it makes some
holiday spending money to keep wifey happy.

Its more important that whatever crop , it doesn't take too much effort, and
fills a space otherwise occupied by weeds.

Rich
http://www.sh0pz.com

Allotment cash crop advice
 

"Rich" wrote in message
...
Hi, My allotment is probably twice or 3 time more that I need to feed my
family, or even just keep weed free.

Next year I was thinking of setting half to a very low maintainance cash
crop.....

Any ideas what this should be ?

Go to a couple of your local car boot sales and see the produce on sale
there. If you're lucky the vendors will tell you how it's going, and you
should get an idea of demand. Fruit may be a good idea, considering the
prices of punnets of soft fruit at supermarkets.

The previous occupant of my allotment was an old boy living on his own, and
he used to grow far too much for himself, and used to take the excess down
to the pub in exchange for his beer. I never met him, but I hear he was
drunk most nights at this time of year.

Steve

Allotment cash crop advice
 

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 22:14:45 +0000 (UTC), "Rich"
wrote:

~Hi, My allotment is probably twice or 3 time more that I need to feed my
~family, or even just keep weed free.
~
~Next year I was thinking of setting half to a very low maintainance cash
~crop.....
~
~Any ideas what this should be ?
~
~I'm not "that" interested in the money side, as long as it makes some
~holiday spending money to keep wifey happy.
~
~Its more important that whatever crop , it doesn't take too much effort, and
~fills a space otherwise occupied by weeds.
~
Be careful - a lot of allotment contracts prohibit sale of produce.
I'd suggest you check yours before proceeding!

But I think all allotmenteers are used to barter :)


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
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Allotment cash crop advice
 

(Steve Harris) wrote in message ...
The problem with most "produce" is that it is perishable and low priced.
Consider instead growing plants for other gardeners. They are less
perishable and possibly more profitable.

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

I think Fred Downham (I can't stop thinking of him as "Fred Downham of
Lancaster" -- if that's a sort of informal GQT peerage, he deserves
it: the only thing that stops me giving white-rose Geoffrey Smith a
similar accolade is that he so obviously knows he deserves it!) said
he used to grow thornless blackberries along his fences, and sell the
rooted tips: a very good use of space.

Mike.

Allotment cash crop advice
 

"David Hill" wrote in message
...
Yes Tobacco was grown, but was sent to a specialist firm for processing,
and
then if you wanted to sell it, it would incur duty.

You ask for a low input cash crop to grow on an allotment.
All I can say is you must have much better security than I have ever heard
of before for an allotment, most I know of regularly suffer from "Finger
blight".
What they would make of a saleable crop sitting there I hate to think.
You would be better having a regular surplus every week that you could
sell
on to a few friends, especially if you are growing "Organically"

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk


I'm not saying I'm not bothered if some light fingered idiot nicked the
crop, but if they do, and it was a low maintainance crop that had kept the
weeds down......

Anyway... thanks for the input guys, I reckon next year I'll fill half the
gound with pumpkins....

Rich
http://www.sh0pz.com