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Planning for 2005 Part 1

The Christmas break is the traditional time for planning ahead and since I have the flu so I can’t take advantage of the dry days. Time to plan what is going where next year.

First thing to do is to list what I will be growing. It amazes me how some people will grow things they hate to eat – might as well grow flowers!

Before planning this year I need to look at what has gone before and where I stand.

Allotment Plot 5 in 2003 / 2004

Plot 5 in 2004

The size of the beds was determined by the pace of the digging originally. Because the paths are constructed from wood chippings, which have now nearly rotted away, it's no problem to re-size the beds.

Previous Cropping Plan Plot 5
	2003	2004
Bed 1	Legumes	Courgettes, tomatoes and squash
Bed 2	Legumes	Brassicas
Bed 3	Potatoes	Roots
Bed 4	Potatoes	Legumes
Bed 5	Sweetcorn & courgettes followed by autumn planted onions & garlic	Onions followed by French beans
Bed 6	Legumes	Squash and huckleberries
Bed 7	Freshly cleared	Onions and leeks
Comfrey	Freshly cleared	Comfrey

Allotment Plot 5 at the end of 2004

Plot 5 at the end of 2004

The chippings have been renewed around the shed and the compost bin area. Beds 1 & 2 have been combined and the comfrey bed has been slightly reduced as the production is great and I don't need quite as much as I first thought.

The potatoes will be going into plot 29 so the plan is to finish digging over Beds 3 to 7 (harvesting the parsnips and leeks first), lime fairly heavily and reconstruct paths as the plan below.

Beds 1 & 2 have had the leafmould and some turkey manure, which will be rotovated in come the spring.

Planning the Plot (for 2005)

Allotment Planning Pt 1
Previous crops on the allotments

Allotment Planning Pt 2
Plot dimensions and horse tail problems

Allotment Planning Pt 3
The potato order

Allotment Planning Pt 4
Legumes into the rotation

Allotment Planning Pt 5
Root crops and the plan finished