jack pyke 4 Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 me and son pay 40 pounds ayear big alottment stood empty for months it was in right state knowbody wanted to take it on but we put some bloody hard graft into it cracking alottment now fresh eggs fresh veg peace n quiet paradise Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid 935 Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 (edited) I have many 100% non shopped for meals between the allotment and the hunting. Cant beat a good home grown/hunted meal. Edited February 12, 2009 by Paid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WelshVixen 4 Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 The allotments in my area have a lot of empty plots and their only £12 a year!!!! The plots are huge... the problem you get is that there are certain people who have plots there that steal from and destroy the other plots so no one want to put in the hard work. These people arent kids, their 40+ year old men who arent wanting to grow up, our council just isnt concerned enough to do anything about it either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Back Stabbath 1 Posted February 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 (edited) The allotments in my area have a lot of empty plots and their only £12 a year!!!! The plots are huge... the problem you get is that there are certain people who have plots there that steal from and destroy the other plots so no one want to put in the hard work. These people arent kids, their 40+ year old men who arent wanting to grow up, our council just isnt concerned enough to do anything about it either. My God, they should be kicked off immediately. I suppose you could put up a lot of barbed wire! In fact, could you use geese as guards? Just let them roam through the allotment, and have small fences around the beds? Edited February 13, 2009 by Back Stabbath Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hob&Jill 258 Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 (edited) I want one but there is a big waiting list fo rmy local ones, annoying as half of them are just sitting there unused but the owners still want to keep them. Edited February 13, 2009 by Hob&Jill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WelshVixen 4 Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 The allotments in my area have a lot of empty plots and their only £12 a year!!!! The plots are huge... the problem you get is that there are certain people who have plots there that steal from and destroy the other plots so no one want to put in the hard work. These people arent kids, their 40+ year old men who arent wanting to grow up, our council just isnt concerned enough to do anything about it either. My God, they should be kicked off immediately. I suppose you could put up a lot of barbed wire! In fact, could you use geese as guards? Just let them roam through the allotment, and have small fences around the beds? You cant keep chickens or geese or ducks there because they kill them, a friend of mine who had an alloment there had all the heads pulled off his chicks. I remember when i was a youngster, my grandfather had a plot there and he would grow allsorts, then the council gave two plots too two very dodgy people and you cant even grow a carrot safely there. Theres only the two plots and one community plot thing the council tried setting up last year, the rest of it is overgrown and going to waste. You complain to the council and they dont even acknowledge it... which is typical of our council... they seem to think its a good idea to put all the smackheads in flats surrounding the old age bungalows here. We used to have a nice little village..... its more like village of the damned now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoeD 24 Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 We have a 5 pole allotment and I think we pay about £21 a year, but this reminds me I need to go up and get some work done on it. JoeD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
#1poacher 8 Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 yeah thinking of getting one 50p a wk cant go wrong at that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 yep, used to have a few plot. mine had an old cricket pavillion on it, i kept my goat in it at night. i had around 40 hens on it and a cage full of ferrets. i grew spuds, spring cabbage and onions. i packed it in when the kids started breaking in to doss down and smoke pot and kill my hens and ferrets Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Back Stabbath 1 Posted February 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 (edited) God, I hope theres no shitheads where I'd be getting one....North Bar in Beverley. I'll put up loads of barbed wire anyway, and maybe something that gives you some sort of rash when you touch it.... Edited February 14, 2009 by Back Stabbath Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fishfish 17 Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 ive got 2 allotments and i dont have to pay anything for them!courtesy of the national trust! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 mine was the last two plots, the kids got in from the pit tip. i lot of lads kept a guard dog or two about Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Back Stabbath 1 Posted February 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 It wouldn't be fair to keep a dog on it though, not unless you were there all the time to take it out and all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 bloody hell a guy had 10 or more greyhounds on his he was a so called trainer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Back Stabbath 1 Posted February 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 I don't think its allowed to keep dogs on them in most places anyway? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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