GROWING FIRST-TIME PLOTTING
We viewed our current plot in the summer of 2018. It had been empty for some time and a well-meaning neighbour had sprayed the lot with weedkiller to keep it ‘under control’. Our previous allotment, although only a quarter of the size, had been nurtured for many years – the soil rich and teeming with life – and now we were faced with a large patch of parched earth. But we fell in love.
We were greeted by a double greenhouse housing a grapevine and, as we ventured up the plot, noticed a huge old apple tree which
