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hils

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
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Location: Nottingham

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 7:35 pm Post subject: Re: allotment

Treacodactyl wrote:

hils wrote:

1/3 acre

That's also a big plot. What else do you plan for it?

I've dug a third of it over the last year and a bit. Really heavy going clay as it had not been worked for about 5 years.
This third I have 3 plots on rotation of your usual veg. Last year I uncovered 28 rhubarb plants whch aren't doing too well but I'm sticking with it. (still not sure if I like rhubarb!)
I'm going to have a couple of fruit trees.
Am experimenting with making a wigwam greenhouse (am skint but have lots of plastic sheeting and long poles) and need a green house.
And a discreet corner for the horrid plastic garden toys to keep toddler happy.
Bit daunting looking at this list!

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 7:46 pm Post subject:
I think we could do with a thread or an article about gardening on a budget. If you have a couple of years, some things like blackcurrents root very easily from cuttings. To avoid any viruses try and get cuttings from new bushes or buy one and when you cut it down after planting try and root all the trimmings.

Tristan

Joined: 29 Dec 2004
Posts: 392
Location: North Gloucestershire

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 10:11 pm Post subject:
Equally, if you have space and time (3 years to crop) aspagagus is easy from seed accarding to Chiltern seeds catalogue. Have to say, I can grow it but don't like it It is one of the few plants that benefits from sodium as fertiliser (35g/sq m).

hils

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
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Location: Nottingham

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 05 9:11 am Post subject: budget gardening
Thanks for tips, its amazing what you can achieve when you've no money. I'm in a dilemma what to do with the allotment because I don't plan on staying inner city but will be loathed to give it up. So long term projects are a great idea but I don't know if I will be around to reap the rewards.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 05 9:17 am Post subject: Re: budget gardening

hils wrote:

Thanks for tips, its amazing what you can achieve when you've no money.
I'm in a dilemma what to do with the allotment because I don't plan on staying inner city but will be loathed to give it up. So long term projects are a great idea but I don't know if I will be around to reap the rewards.

Doesn't this depend on how far you move? A lot of crops are fairly low maintenance, so depending on what you can do on the plot something like asparagus, things like rhubarb, fruit bushes and fruit trees (intercropped with spring and summer vegetables while you're local) might be the way forward?

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