Comments on: Peas, Brassica, Comfrey and New People on the Allotment http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/90/peas-brassica-comfrey-and-new-people-on-the-allotment/ Vegetable Fruit & Herb Growing on my Allotment Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:05:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: John http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/90/peas-brassica-comfrey-and-new-people-on-the-allotment/#comment-673 John Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:37:46 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/90/peas-brassica-comfrey-and-new-people-on-the-allotment/#comment-673 Absolutely right, Brian - a process of denial that they are losing the plot. On the positive side, it does mean that the newcomer has to be keen to grow or they won't take on the task Absolutely right, Brian – a process of denial that they are losing the plot.

On the positive side, it does mean that the newcomer has to be keen to grow or they won’t take on the task

]]> By: Brian King http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/90/peas-brassica-comfrey-and-new-people-on-the-allotment/#comment-672 Brian King Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:44:46 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/90/peas-brassica-comfrey-and-new-people-on-the-allotment/#comment-672 "I do wish people would leave their plot tidy when they go rather than, as always seems to happen, just leave them to get overrun with weeds before they admit they’ve given up." In my experience (20+ years) only a small percentage of people hand them over in a reasonable state. The vast majority who have stopped cultivating their plot (which can be for a variety of reasons) tend to delude themselves that they will do more next year but of course they hardly ever do, and by the time that they eventually acknowledge the inevitable (or are forced to by others) a wilderness has developed. “I do wish people would leave their plot tidy when they go rather than, as always seems to happen, just leave them to get overrun with weeds before they admit they’ve given up.”

In my experience (20+ years) only a small percentage of people hand them over in a reasonable state. The vast majority who have stopped cultivating their plot (which can be for a variety of reasons) tend to delude themselves that they will do more next year but of course they hardly ever do, and by the time that they eventually acknowledge the inevitable (or are forced to by others) a wilderness has developed.

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