Once upon a time it was a victorian workers cottage garden, the houses have a good sized front garden but no back gardens, so they put them all at the end of the lane.
An old chap used to potter around in them up to 25 years ago, then he died and nothing was done with them, then his wife died a few years back, so I asked the son if I could buy from him, as you may tell, he said yes.
It took hundreds of hours I guess, and a heck of a lot of trips to the tip with the rubbish we had to remove, two trailers of scrap went to the recyclers for £60, that bought some fence posts and wire.
The raised beds are 8ft X 6ft or 10ft X 6ft so easy to reach from the sides without treading on them. I started with a plan, then it changed, then changed again, and again, so don't get too bogged down at this stage, if you go for planting areas then keep them simple, and use them for crop rotation, set aside a BIG area for compost bins, we have two 1mtr cubes and two compost bins already.
The better the job you do now the less you will eed to do later, it is to be enjoyed, not laboured over.
The shed is going to have an LPG hob and 12v lighting circuit, plus a genny for other stuff.
My patch is just 65ft X 20ft, very small compared to a "proper" allotment.
Enjoy it, it is great fun learning to grow your own and you will make loads of new friends as you work.
Wings
can't be too far from me then. Where abouts in herts are you?
