Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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richmac 18 Oct 6:25pm, 18 Oct 2025 37,639 posts	Quote Pin richmac We've decided to give over the front lawn to a couple of veg beds. Starting the prep now while the soil is still warm and we can dig in manure to rot down over winter. We'll add edging once we have them fully dug. Reasoning is, that here allotment waiting lists are to long, basically three people need to die before your name comes up and the pot approach has been mixed. I have about ten immature leeks in a to small pot to go in and over winter, plus a couple of swedes.
Lesley C 18 Oct 6:58pm, 18 Oct 2025 4,695 posts	Quote Pin Lesley C We have two huge allotment fields here, nobody seems to want them. There is a £100 deposit which is putting people off. They are becoming a real mess. Good luck with your project. I dug out lots of potatoes today. Still more to do.
richmac 18 Oct 7:42pm, 18 Oct 2025 37,640 posts	Quote Pin richmac It was like that at the last house, we had an allotment in about a week. It was a mess when we took it on mind you but we loved it. We knew though that we wouldn't keep it up after we moved once we had to drive to it.
Angus Clydesdale 20 Oct 10:13am, 20 Oct 2025 28,213 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale Nice @richmac . Good luck!
richmac 25 Oct 1:15pm, 25 Oct 2025 37,852 posts	Quote Pin richmac First side of the front beds dug and lined. There's a bag of manure dug into it. Will be covered in weed membrane for the winter.
Angus Clydesdale 25 Oct 4:09pm, 25 Oct 2025 28,227 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale Good effort. 😁🤙🏼