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So I have finally managed to confirm, after some confusion caused by the previous holder merging and then splitting up plots, exactly what my plot includes. There are two large beds, 4m by 14m, edged with wooden boards. In between the two there is a gravel path and at the bottom end there is an area with a couple of large pallet-made compost bins and space for a reasonably large shed.
The first bed is mostly covered with low level plants, I think some sort of green manure as the plot was only recently given up as the holder is moving away from the area.
At the top I have found some random potato, leek and fennel plants so far. I've planned out a 4-year rotation with the growveg.com planner and put in some potatoes on one side, and sprouts in the other which another plot holder gave us on our first day there.
The other bed already contains some well established raspberry and gooseberry plants, then the rest of it is starting to overgrow a bit. It has some plants at the bottom end which I'm not sure about, possibly fuschia. If posting pics works I have included one of these plants. There is also a rather large rose for some reason (quite a few people seem to grow ornamentals on their plots as well as fruit and veg).
The plot seems to get sun most of the day (there's a large treeline at the bottom of the slope and then there's a road the other side but the sun comes from the other direction) and apparently drains well but also stays quite moist.
Soil is very easy to turn over and apparently the previous guy dug in loads of compost etc so I'm considering myself very lucky, and am now off to order a load of plug plants and seeds, and possibly a shed and a large fruit cage
Trying to attach pics, hope they work
The first bed is mostly covered with low level plants, I think some sort of green manure as the plot was only recently given up as the holder is moving away from the area.
At the top I have found some random potato, leek and fennel plants so far. I've planned out a 4-year rotation with the growveg.com planner and put in some potatoes on one side, and sprouts in the other which another plot holder gave us on our first day there.
The other bed already contains some well established raspberry and gooseberry plants, then the rest of it is starting to overgrow a bit. It has some plants at the bottom end which I'm not sure about, possibly fuschia. If posting pics works I have included one of these plants. There is also a rather large rose for some reason (quite a few people seem to grow ornamentals on their plots as well as fruit and veg).
The plot seems to get sun most of the day (there's a large treeline at the bottom of the slope and then there's a road the other side but the sun comes from the other direction) and apparently drains well but also stays quite moist.
Soil is very easy to turn over and apparently the previous guy dug in loads of compost etc so I'm considering myself very lucky, and am now off to order a load of plug plants and seeds, and possibly a shed and a large fruit cage
Trying to attach pics, hope they work
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