The Beginning of your Allotment Garden

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So now you have everything safe and un-moveable with lots of nails, screw and padlocks. We now want to look at the second thing you really must make a priority before you begin.
This is so simple but its something that most people overlook until it's too late to take advantage of.
So what am I on about. Well - all around your allotment there will be "good blokes" who have been growing stuff on allotments for years. Many will have horses or chickens, geese etc. For certain they will have an absolute wealth of knowledge that they have built up for many years probably passed on by their Fathers. You cannot get this type of information from a text book - believe me. If you are asking why not I will tell you.
Every allotment is different - the soil is different - the growing conditions are different - the climate is different. These "good blokes" will have been storing up valuable time tested ways of dealing with pests, getting the most out of your veg, knowing what type grows and what doesn't. They will point you in the direction of the best place to get feed, to buy seeds, where to borrow machinery from. But best of all they will have a fountain of knowledge on planning an allotment, getting the best from it and how to store veg once its grown. Get to know them. They will be one of the biggest aids to success I know and, believe me, they will not waste a moment in getting round to offering advice and explaining how brilliant they are and how much they know.
So - take advantage of this brilliant resource. There is however another advantage, even people who have allotments go on holiday - so cultivate these friendship's and you can be of mutual assistance to each other by overseeing their patch, watering whilst away and feeding each others chickens etc. Next we get down to the real fun part..............