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themadvix

Thank you all! I’m sure I won’t win, but it’s the taking part that’s fun, right? And volunteering to be there at 7.30 tomorrow to help with final prep… Better go to bed!

Baileys_Babe

Have fun at the show tomorrow.

Hettyhound

Your allotment site sounds great.  Mine is pretty rubbish as it’s a strip of land between the back of some houses and the road so you only really know your allotment neighbours.  Apart from the fact the site is covered in mares tail the plot sizes are unequal.  Mine is twice the size of the neighbouring plots so the council have agreed to split it in two during the autumn.  That will at least give me a smaller area to strim the weeds down 🤦‍♀️

themadvix

There are something like 11 sites across the town Hetty, in widely varying shapes and sizes (my site has 40-odd plots, one only has 8). The show is organised by the allotment society for the whole town, so not taking place on my allotment site. I actually joined /got involved in the society because there’s a lack of community feeling at my site (others have bbqs, swap stalls, a toilet (!) etc. while ours just has a site agent whose power has gone to their head! Marestail here, but there’s not a lot anyone can do about it - and I don’t really mind it, it’s not like bindweed in terms of damaging other plants.
Plots vary here too though - I think because a lot of the full size ones have been split in two over the years (my friend’s is twice the size of mine). I wonder if that’s why yours is so big? 

Hettyhound

I don’t battle with the mare’s tail like my neighbour, I just embrace it and strim the top off!  Our site has nothing, not even water although the council are quick enough to email you if they feel the site is looking a bit dishevelled.  Hoping a smaller plot will be easier as I don’t want to give it up (4 years on waiting list) but it sometimes doesn’t enhance my mental health as much as it should.  Good luck in the show!

Watty1

The allotment site sounds fun.  Reading these boards I miss the one i had many many years ago.   

ladybird1106

Apparently you can make mare tail tea for plants abit like nettle or comfrey it’s real good for strong cell formation in plants . There was an article in the guardian recently about regenerative farming/gardening.
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