 Don't give it up
I agree - even though I'm in my first season, I've resigned myself to taking probably 3 years to get all the allotment into full cultivation (+ a nice sitting/picnic spot for my family when they come to visit/laugh/give encouragement as I toil away)... But I can see that I will soon begin to be pushed for space, once I get a fruit cage, polytunnel etc - fortunately I don't need a greenhouse as have one at home. So I'd never give up space.
I am in fact already harbouring covetous intentions towards the semi-abandoned plot next to mine...
There's loads of low-maintenance stuff you could do, as previous posters have suggested - and planting loads of rhubarb seems to be a favourite in my neck of the woods. |