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My mother in law has bought a house (that they are currently renting out - but hopefully moving into soon) in a place where there are allotments available. There's even a sign outside saying so (which is very rare in my area - there's *huge* lists everywhere). These allotments are ~9miles away, around 20mins if that in the car.
I'm on the waiting list for every allotment site in my county (this is the neighbouring county, I guess?) - They've said that they're willing to ask for an allotment for me, if I approach them and they refuse me, but im in a quandry!
Facts are:
a) I know they've had plots available for some time now
b) I don't know their rules, they may not allow me to have one as I don't live in the village where they are - I'd rather be up front with them incase I was ever found out, so to speak.
c) I'm 9th on the closest allotment to me, which is 1mile away... estimated around a year wait from now.
If I could get an allotment, I don't know if the distance would put me off. It's in the opposite direction of where I work, so I couldn't really say I'd go in the morning before work - esp with a little one to look after too.
If your allotment is a similar distance, how do you manage it if you work full time?
The reason for wanting an allotment is the usual (need more growing space, mainly) - but more so that I need to move my main veg beds out of the garden - as it's being redone eventually - as we've a little one (and in the future, no doubt at least another one), so would like the garden to be a play area for them. The other garden I have isn't big enough for me to put the beds that I move out into really.. That's more so my chicken's run about now
Not sure what to do!
I'm on the waiting list for every allotment site in my county (this is the neighbouring county, I guess?) - They've said that they're willing to ask for an allotment for me, if I approach them and they refuse me, but im in a quandry!
Facts are:
a) I know they've had plots available for some time now
b) I don't know their rules, they may not allow me to have one as I don't live in the village where they are - I'd rather be up front with them incase I was ever found out, so to speak.
c) I'm 9th on the closest allotment to me, which is 1mile away... estimated around a year wait from now.
If I could get an allotment, I don't know if the distance would put me off. It's in the opposite direction of where I work, so I couldn't really say I'd go in the morning before work - esp with a little one to look after too.
If your allotment is a similar distance, how do you manage it if you work full time?
The reason for wanting an allotment is the usual (need more growing space, mainly) - but more so that I need to move my main veg beds out of the garden - as it's being redone eventually - as we've a little one (and in the future, no doubt at least another one), so would like the garden to be a play area for them. The other garden I have isn't big enough for me to put the beds that I move out into really.. That's more so my chicken's run about now
Not sure what to do!
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