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I've had an allotment for a few years now and it's finally how I want it. Unfortunately when I designed it I left only a small space for herbs. This hasn't actually been much of a problem as I keep most of the culinary ones at home in pots anyway, however now I'm becoming more interested in the medicinal aspects of the subject and also in making natural dyes. Last Christmas a good friend bought me a drop spindle and a (very) raw sheep's fleece. It seems a shame now not to dye the wool using my own home produced pigments.
The lack of space was really the only obstacle but, on visiting a different site where a relative has a plot, I noticed a small allotment which is apparently vacant and I've considered taking it on purely to grow herbs. As allotments go it's pretty tiny but it would make a massive herb garden. Would I be able to fill it? Would the work involved, once it's up and running, be prohibitive? Could I make it extremely formal? Or perhaps a wild looking place where new things are hiding in unexpected places? Should I give up the whole idea?
Any advice would be welcome as at this stage the plot is a blank page. (well no, it's a sea of brambles and docks - obviously, - but you get the idea.)
Many thanks Bluemoon
The lack of space was really the only obstacle but, on visiting a different site where a relative has a plot, I noticed a small allotment which is apparently vacant and I've considered taking it on purely to grow herbs. As allotments go it's pretty tiny but it would make a massive herb garden. Would I be able to fill it? Would the work involved, once it's up and running, be prohibitive? Could I make it extremely formal? Or perhaps a wild looking place where new things are hiding in unexpected places? Should I give up the whole idea?
Any advice would be welcome as at this stage the plot is a blank page. (well no, it's a sea of brambles and docks - obviously, - but you get the idea.)
Many thanks Bluemoon
I speak as one who knows! 
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