Plans for "Avalon" Plots 1 & 1A

In the process of Updating for 2025

I used to have two pages one for my Mill Green Allotment Plots. Mill Green Plot 1A was my first ever allotment plot that I got in 2012, and I had another page for plot 1 that is in fact my third half plot as for a couple of years before getting Mill Green plot 1, I had a plot on Spencer Road Allotment. 

In 2023 I finally had the infrastructure in for plot 1 (the left side) and I mounted the the sign above on the potting shed and my allotment has been named "Avalon". Yes I'm a bit of a King Arthur and the Knight Of The Round Table nerd! 

Here was my Planting Layout Plan of Avalon as of the end of 2023

I've always planned my work but working my plan has often proved difficult, circumstances sometimes alter what you were planning, and this year is no exception to that rule.

Due to the radical radiotherapy treatment for my solitary bony plasmacytoma cancer in 2023 and the loss of mobility due to Extensive hypermetabolic arthropathy.

Arthropathy is a joint disease can be associated with a hematologic (blood) disorder, and my cancer is a form of blood cancer. My PET.CT Scans show I have problems in all my joints and as a result walking, is difficult, and getting down on my hands and knees to weed and sow seeds is now impossible for me. 

So In 2024 I started by making the two Square Foot Garden beds by the potting shed into raised beds and as of the end of 2024 had half converted and full framed ground level plot into a two scaffold board high (450mm) Raised beds with a path in between.      

Above is the proposed layout on the basis that I can get old of a load of Free 1200mm x 800mm pallet collars or 800mm x 600mm pallet collars and twin them up to make 1200 x 800mm Raised beds.

There is a difficulty with just trying to convert the the framed bed layout into raised bed layout as I made the paths 600mm wide and the standard wheelbarrow is 620mm and will not fit. My solution is to turn alternate beds narrower thus making the paths wider so I can get the wheelbarrow around the allotment to all the beds.   

Over 2024 I have been looking into options like poly tunnels or a larger level entry greenhouse as I'm having difficulties getting in and out of the two 1800 x 1200mm (6ft x 4ft) Palram greenhouses, which at the moment I'm using to dry coffee grounds in the plot 1A greenhouse, and to store magic cardboard to line the bottom of the new raised beds, in the plot 1 greenhouse. 

Above is the plan for plot 1A 

Above is the plan for plot 1 

The seasons in the UK for 2025 are marked by the following astronomical dates: 

• Spring: The vernal equinox, which is around March 20
• Summer: The summer solstice, which is around June 21
• Autumn: The autumnal equinox, which is around September 22
• Winter: The winter solstice, which is around December 21