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I've always wanted to be self sufficient and in the past have had 50 pots of bell peppers/tomatoes in my mothers garden (much to her despair). Hubby has a little experience from when he was younger and so our quest for an allotment began. After being told we'd be on a waiting list for 5 years, within 2 days time we had acquired 700M2 worth of plot O_O! It's divided in 500M2 and 200M2 lots. The smaller one will have chickens in a decent amount of space once we get permission from the council. I'm a stay at home mum and my kids (and I) love the outdoors. I'm confident we'll be able to manage between the 5 of us - once we get round to scraping together all the info we need.
Problem is, I'm worried that by the time I've learned what I need to know, I'll be too late to sow anything. We're looking at growing all basic sorts such as potatoes, onion, runner beans, cabbage, garlic, herbs, strawberries, rubarb etc etc etc. Should I hurry up and just get planting some and then see what we end up with? Or do I have plenty of time (say a month or two) to seriously read up about what we want to do (with our limited budget) and how we want to do it?
Problem is, I'm worried that by the time I've learned what I need to know, I'll be too late to sow anything. We're looking at growing all basic sorts such as potatoes, onion, runner beans, cabbage, garlic, herbs, strawberries, rubarb etc etc etc. Should I hurry up and just get planting some and then see what we end up with? Or do I have plenty of time (say a month or two) to seriously read up about what we want to do (with our limited budget) and how we want to do it?
. I'm in the UK (Nottingham). Is there anything that needs seeding particularly in the winter? I've read about strawberries needing seeding in winter inside if you haven't planted them in the previous fall.
Besides, you may not get around to growing over both plots, covering it will stop weeds growing.
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