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**Potter** · 29-03-2008, 06:05 PM

That's fantastic! It all starts here, and not too late to get stuff in or this year too! I got mine in July and although I did manage to get some tasties in the ground it was Autumn far too quickly

. So pleased for you!

**jennybb** · 29-03-2008, 06:25 PM

Congratulations - and thankyou!

That's great Zazen, I recently took mine on - and I'm loving it. I want to thank you for leading me to this forum from a thread on another forum. I've been lurking here ever since and it's really useful. Not that I really need to be spending more time on the internet.

**Minty** · 29-03-2008, 06:31 PM

Originally posted by zazen999 View Post

Finally...

We will have a lottie at 4pm on Monday.

Phew - never thought it was going to get sorted.

Going to make toad in the hole and mash to celebrate when the OH gets back from footie.

So chuffed!!!

Top stuff, really pleased for you.
Does this mean i have a new neighbour at Merrill Way or have you gone elsewhere ?????. Minty

**zazen999** · 29-03-2008, 06:48 PM

Jennie - didn't know I had brought you here; that's really nice! I do try and promote the Vine where I can.

Minty - ours is over here in Shardlow; within a 5 min walk as well so quite chuffed.

We do grow veg out by the canal in raised beds, and grew loads last year; but I can now save those for the more 'special' fruit and veg; and use the lottie for the more spaced out stuff. And the moon trial of course!!

Just so happy as I have about 100 tubers of spuds in the garage and he told me last week we wouldn't have one until at least May - so they can go in as soon as possible.

**Seahorse** · 29-03-2008, 07:09 PM

Great news

**Eyren** · 30-03-2008, 08:21 AM

That's great news! Now is a pretty good time to get an allotment, especially if it's not too overgrown - you can get straight in there with some planting and feel like you're making progress. We got ours in July two years ago, and the ground was like rock - I thought we'd need a mattock to cultivate it!

**bluemoon** · 30-03-2008, 03:17 PM

Congratulations! There's nothing quite like a new lottie - all those plans, all that potential. Great news.

**Eternal Sunshine** · 30-03-2008, 06:00 PM

Wow that's great news.

What sort of condition is the plot in?

**gardenplot** · 30-03-2008, 06:06 PM

Congratulations, and happy growing years to come, I’m still tackling mine trying to get it ready for some veg going in by end of may i hope.

**zazen999** · 31-03-2008, 06:23 PM

Yes!

I have the signed tenancy agreement; and not only did the guy show up but he had allocated one very one we wanted to us.

Photo attached.

They are rotavating it in the next fortnight, so we can pick the roots out then and start making paths etc.

As I was waiting, the tenant next to me turned up - she has no knowledge of growing veg at all; so I'll introduce her to this forum [if she has the internet - she lives on a boat on the marina round the corner from us].

I've worked out the beds already, I can fit 3 lots of 3 thin beds in; with a stop gap for the peas/beans and a stop gap for the compost heap.

So, spuds will hopefully be going in in a couple of weeks, along with the first set of brassicas and some seed onions that arrived last week.

And all for �15 a year. Bargain.

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**NSB** · 31-03-2008, 06:47 PM

it seems the council vary so much, we have about �40 to pay and it doesnt get rotivated, water butt, shed or anyhting.

**zazen999** · 01-04-2008, 06:57 AM

We don't have water; he did say he felt embarrassed to charge us that much [the fees went up apparently to �15 this year] and the old timers are a bit mad at them going up to pay for our rotavating!!!

We are allowed a shed, and we could keep chickens and rabbits; and they are putting water in but not sure which decade that's planned for. They only have to sink a borehole as the Derwent is about 20 feet away.

**Minty** · 01-04-2008, 11:44 AM

Originally posted by zazen999 View Post

We don't have water; he did say he felt embarrassed to charge us that much [the fees went up apparently to �15 this year] and the old timers are a bit mad at them going up to pay for our rotavating!!!

We are allowed a shed, and we could keep chickens and rabbits; and they are putting water in but not sure which decade that's planned for. They only have to sink a borehole as the Derwent is about 20 feet away.

SOOOOOOOO Jealous that you can keep chickens

.
Good luck with it
Minty

**allotmentlady** · 01-04-2008, 11:58 AM

Originally posted by zazen999 View Post

Finally...

We will have a lottie at 4pm on Monday.

Phew - never thought it was going to get sorted.

Going to make toad in the hole and mash to celebrate when the OH gets back from footie.

So chuffed!!!

CONGRATS, now just a wee bit of hard work ahead but years of enjoyment!

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