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Received a letter today offering me a plot at my local lottie site about 3 minutes walk away. I'm sooo excited.They have been developing the site and sorting out better access for the last few weeks, and I have been passing every day and dreaming about when I might be offered something. I was told a while ago that there were a few people in front of me so wasn't expecting to hear anything for a good while.Have emailed back and said a huge YES and hopefully will be able to visit "my plot" early next week.
"Plot 4", doesn't it sound WONDERFUL!!

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Plot 4 ....surely not Plot 4 ?????...I hear that's the best one on the site!!!!

Good on you!!

Wonderful news.

Let us know your plans.....

congrats on your new plot......lots of planning now

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Many congratulations. Will there be much work or are they all cleared and ready to go?

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Great news

I am waiting to hear in 'September' on mine. Hmmmm surely we are already in September??? Have said I would accept a half plot so they are looking to see who wanst a half one to split them up.

I can see it all now..... even though I have more than enough to do here!

janeyo - happy planning!

Congratulations!! Now begins the hard work and the excitement. Good luck with it and I hope you enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine.

Congratulations - as rustylady said, I hope you enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine

Great news, now enjoy!

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Thanks guys. Just been for walk up onto the hills that overlook tho Lotties and it looks as if the plots have been cleared, could see lots of bare earth. I suppose that means it has been rotavated. Guess I will have to see what that means as far as the weeds go, but at least its all cleared and ready to go. The plot measures 249 sq metres which sounds huge to me. Just have to be patient and wait till I get to visit.

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Wow, that sounds fab. I thought mine was HUGE, but its only 125 sq metres. Sallym, I'm only down the road (M20) from you, if you ever fancy a bit of a seed swap or a dig fest let me know. I got my lottie in June and although I dug out 5 beds straight away, I'm still getting the rest of it under control. I'd be more than happy to pop over and give you a hand with the digging

I think you may still have to dig it over & remove the Cooch grass/bind weed roots If you don't these weeds will reappear & even more so as the rotovator will have chopped the roots cooch grass can grow back from a piece of root 2" long.

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Well done on getting your lottie! I only got mine at the beginning of May and for the last two months have barely had to buy any vegetables at all - it's been truly amazing! My hubby laughed at first when I said I was getting a lottie, then two fellow allotment holders told me there was no way that I would be able to grow anything in the first year. Mine is 270 square metres and I thought that seemed HUGE. I've got used to it now though, and have recently started on the 2nd half of it, preparing beds for fruit bushes and trees for next year. Just one step at a time and you'll soon wonder how you ever managed without it, and how you ever thought it seemed big!

Best of luck!

Congratulations. I have had my plot almost a year and its been great I'm not sure what the size is but it's a half plot it seemed huge but now I want another as its not big enough to grow everything I want, so have put OH's name down for another plot.
Good luck with it take it one step at a time.

ME too! e-mailed the council (harrow) on sunday got a reply tuesday with advice on chicken/beekeeping,phoned back today (wednesday) key arrives tomorrow.
didnt believe it could be so easy.....also harrow is dropping its rental to 1/2 price to try and increase uptake,sticks in my throat to say this but "well done harrow"

hi congrats hope all works out for you(try not to do it all at once) once again good luck

how exciting for you!. i've had mine for 6months and am still taming it!. i have a 250sqm plot and have 1/2 under plastic while i sort the other half out, then will tackle the other half. its hard work and fighting weeds is a pain in the butt, but i've had spuds and will have toms this year so am pleased as punch!. cant wait for next yr!.

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Hurray for you!

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Lovely is not the word I would use to describe it at the moment. It is just on the edge of the land that has been rotivated so no nasty chopped up weeds. Has lots of rubble, broken glass bits of metal etc, BUT NO BRAMBLES!! Consider myself very lucky. Its going to be lots of hard work, but what a way to loose weight and get fit.
Going to Cornwall for 2 weeks on Saturday. The site manager said he would get my plot( I love saying that) staked out by the time I get home so then it will be all systems go.
Because there is still clearing work being done up there, they are not charging rent until next April. After that it is £45 per year with 25% off if paid within 1 month of invoicing, and £12 a year for water.
Strange but my back has already started to ache.

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Ooops sorry, forgot to add.
Thanks NG for the offer to help with the digging.I just might take you up on that. Once I have a plan sorted, I will get in touch.

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went to see my new plot today... some parts are 12 feet high bramble with ash saplings and blackthorn.looks like the brazilian rainforest in there.welcome to slash and burn agriculture!on the bright side this plot is next to the water tap and doesn't have a 70 ft willow blown down on its entire length like the other vacant site, the plot next to me on one side looks to be recently recovered but the other side is in a similar state to mine and is apparently currently in use ??

See if you can level it and cover it, that way things won't be growing (as fast) and it will stop it going absolutely mad while you start from one end!!!

Good luck!

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went down on monday with a "CREW" of conscipts,(2 sons and a victim from work who owed me a favor) cleared 2/3 of site of bramble and blackthorn topgrowth and covered with plastic. need to have bonfire from hell probably on top of coppiced ash in middle.Any suggestions for root removal?

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wife and dog lost in undergrowth on allotment
reward for dog!