Giving Up Plot 1A

Up to now this was my kingdom that I named "Avalon". A very kind plot neighbours Adamos & Sarah who lived in the flats behind my two plots, used to take annual photographs from their 4th floor flat balcony for me. 

That stopped when they migrated back to Lithuania to buy a plot of land and build an off grid homestead. Tragically Adamos who was a thrill seeker & stuntman died whilst ice diving in a river in 2025 leaving behind Sarah and their three young children.  

I originally took on the left side of these two plots (Plot 1A) in 2012 and worked it and got it completed and recovered from nature and the bindweed from 2012 to 2017. In 2015 I got an additional half plot at Spencer Road Allotment, but then managed to negotiate a free car park install by the contractor building the Parchment Close estate in 2016 and in October 2017 I took on Plot 1 and gave up Spencer Road allotment in 2018.  

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Here is a photograph taken because it had snowed in 2022, from before the Climbing Frame Greenhouse (CFG) and the All Gold Raspberry boundary beds were formed along the main path, but one can see that the four 600mm wide by 2.4m raspberry beds had been constructed.  

Here is a photograph from 15th July 2022 where one can see the infrastructure getting in however the top right corner had yet to be formed. The raspberry beds had not yet been constructed and the Climbing Frame greenhouse had not been formed in the corner framed by the path between the path between plot 1 and Plot 2 and the boundary beds on the main path didn't happen until 

I originally took on the left side of these two plots (Plot 1A) in 2012 and worked it and got it completed and recovered from nature and the bindweed from 2012 to 2015. In 2017 I got Plot 1 

Plot 1, what's shown in the photograph above is not up to date? 

I tried buying a cheap drone that didn't work. I tried to get someone with a drone to take aerial shots for me and they let me down so you don't see the Infrastructure changes on Plot 1 that I have made since getting my cancer and autoimmune disease that made me officially registered as "disabled". The raised beds I have been installing since 2024 as I'm no longer able to get down on my hands and knees to weed and sow at ground level. 

Getting back to the point of thus blog, there are things I need to remove or transfer from Plot 1A onto Plot 1 before I give the plot up on the last day of September 2026. 

It is with great sadness that I am giving up plot 1, but I have to be realistic in my capabilities and reduce my plot footprint and let someone who has the time to work plot 1A take it on.

Here is my To Do List for the next four months, once I can drive and walk again! before the 1st October 2026 

Grapevines - Take cuttings and try to propagate to grow on plot 1

HotBin Wormery - Empty and move to plot 1  

Leaf Cages - move cages and contents to plot 1

Compost Bins - empty and use for filling raised beds and possibly move a few Daleks onto plot 1 

Greenhouse - I was thinking of possibly moving to plot 1 but because of having to step in and out of it, which is now difficult and dangerous I decided to donate it to Wally as he is a mate and could do with replacing his tired polytunnel that need a new skin every couple of years. 

Garden Table & Bench - The Table my be useful on plot 1, however the bench is ole and I would not trust sitting on it these days.  

Comfrey Bocking 14 Bed - I need to take root cutting and form a new comfrey bed on plot 1 

Comfrey Pipes (two  number) - Possibly leave one for the new tenant and move one onto plot 1 . 

Netting & Hoops - Remove enough materials for me to use on Plot 1 and on my new home allotment plot of raised beds I'm currently building. Leave the remainder for the new tenant  

Weed Membrane Sheets - Remove what's required and leave some for new tenants 

Paving Blocks for holding down netting etc. - Move to plot 1 

Paving Slabs - Remove so that all paths on Plot 1 are paved and take excess home for the back garden allotment.  

Tall Boy Store - Remove from plot 1A onto Plot 1 or possibly to the Back Garden Allotment (BGA), I have a sentry box vertical store I made from the original 8ft x 6ft timber shed that I bought in 1992 that has seen better days. 

Shed - Remove contents and distribute else where.  

Bindweed - Trim back and remove as much as possible so not too bad for new tenant

Work still Needed On Plot 1 - Complete transforming the framed beds into raised beds

And finally, fore fill my duties as the Mill Green Allotment Site Rep and show my beloved Plot 1A to the next person on the waiting list, and hope they are going to be a nice neighbour and fit well into the great community we have going on at Mill Green Allotment.