This allotment, the picture taken on the 1st of July 2007, will be mine. I had phoned the council in July about the state of it. Anyway, last month, the tenants removed their shrubs. On Thursday, received a letter from the council asking if I was interested in this plot. I rang up, then went down there straight away to sign an agreement for it. My tenancy will start on the 1st of March 2008.
This next photo shows the allotment last year in June. That was their first year, they didn’t do very much - well, not much harvesting. Their spring onions, broccoli/brassicas were left unharvested, salads bolted.
The next picture shows what it was like under the tenant before them, beyond the Triang and tub-trugs in June 2004. The potatoes next to the polytunnel were probably planted by another plot holder, as the tenant was getting on in years and couldn’t cope with that much plot space. Even so, he had kept the remainder in top condition growing some potatoes, carrots, onions and beetroot.
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