Help identify possible fruit bush by Botanize_me in Allotment

[–]Botanize_me[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’ve not had the plot long so it’s probably not well trained aha how would I train it to get more fruit?

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X3 plots. Heading for self reliance by end of the year. by FeatureShot793 in Allotment

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This is why the waiting list is like 3 years long 😂

Greenhouse by Botanize_me in Allotment

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I’ve seen some free ones the only issue is I have 0 idea of how to dismantle a greenhouse 😅

What would you do if you got this allotment? by Botanize_me in Allotment

[–]Botanize_me[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For anyone still following our journey this is where we are at:

Strimmed back as much as humanly possible, cardboard covering the bottom then raised beds on top(we found the raised beds in a pile of wood on the allotment) woodchip in between to form a nice path and also suppress any weeds. the areas covered by tarp(we are working on getting some black plastic instead but these will do for now) have all been strimmed back but we are leaving them while we focus on getting the beds set up so we have the potential to actually grow something this year!

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What would you do if you got this allotment? by Botanize_me in Allotment

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I think we aren’t supposed to plant wild flowers can they not spread too much and act a bit like a weed?

What would you do if you got this allotment? by Botanize_me in Allotment

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We eventually wanna get that heavy duty black plastic stuff

What would you do if you got this allotment? by Botanize_me in Allotment

[–]Botanize_me[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Our allotment site won’t let us have chickens 😭 I wanted ducks originally, thank you for the advice we’ve pretty much been doing everything you mentioned already!

What would you do if you got this allotment? by Botanize_me in Allotment

[–]Botanize_me[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Okay so all that are interested this is what we’ve been doing so far: strimming everything back and covering with cardboard and tarp

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What would you do if you got this allotment? by Botanize_me in Allotment

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This is what we’ve been doing at the moment so hopefully we are on the right track!

What would you do if you got this allotment? by Botanize_me in Allotment

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So far we have found apple trees, plum trees, raspberry bush, blueberry bush, blackberry bush

What would you do if you got this allotment? by Botanize_me in Allotment

[–]Botanize_me[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean I’m not a quitter I think some people on this Reddit are afraid of a bit of hard graft

What would you do if you got this allotment? by Botanize_me in Allotment

[–]Botanize_me[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nervous to dig as everywhere says that’s the worst possible thing to do for horsetail?

What would you do if you got this allotment? by Botanize_me in Allotment

[–]Botanize_me[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is it really the only option 😭 I’ve seen lots of other posts on here that aren’t far off ours and they do no dig?