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I have 1/4 plot (15.5m x 9m) which is £2.50 a year. I'm happy, and it's only 2 minute walk away.

i would get a compost bin together. dont know about norfolk council (would be interested to know as we might be moving to norwich next year!) but some councils subsidise them for about 80% of the price (not brilliant at percentages but from about £40 to £5). if not, source a few pallets (sp?) and k...

Thank you so much for the advise, I have absorbed the lot, I am very excited about getting going. I will be taking pics as I go so hopefully will be able to keep you all informed.

I will still be keeping an eye on this thread if anyone else has any advice or ideas, it all helps.

I have just taken over an allotment waist high in thistles, any advise on where to start. And what would you recommend are the top ten tools or things that I might need, I am on a very tight budget.

Just had to share with someone. Just made and ate my first ever Chocolate and Beetroot Cake, it was delicious! and 1 of your 5-A-Day. A good way of using up some of those beetroots. I've added the link incase anyone is interested.

http://www.lovebeetroot.co.uk/recipes/d ... ?ItemID=56

Thanks everyone. It isn't broken but the stalk had bent in a 90 degree angle, not just dislodged. I thought it would be dead by now but its hanging in. I'll nurse it the best I can. I'll let you know if it survives. If anyone knows anything I can do to help it, please let me know.

Please can someone help. I put my squash in its pot out side to catch some rays, went out for the day and when I came back the wind had bent the stalk, I've earthed it up to straighten it back up. do you think it'll leave? or has it had it? Is there anything else it can do to help it.

They were delicious, however I think I would have got more had i of been a little more patient, I'll wait till i pull the next lot. It felt just like digging for gold.

Thanks everyone I'll pull one lot up tomorrow!! So exciting.

Sorry I'm a beginner. They are flowering just now, is it time???

I'm impressed!

Well done, looks delicious!!

I have three different lots of potatoes growing in tyres as per a recomendation on this site. The first lot has started to grow, how tall does it need to be before I start adding more soil/compost? And how do i know when they are ready to dig up?

I have bramble in my hedge and with 2 small children it is enemy number 1. I'm forever cutting it out, nasty stuff.

My tomato plants' leaves are looking a bit brown and dry. They are well watered. some are in hanging baskets, some in pots outside and some are in a cold frame, please can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong?