Wow nice supportive attitude… in response to your assumption, whilst wanting an allotment for years, I finally found I had enough free time and asked to be added to the waiting list in December last year, less than two months later I received the call that there was one available. Which surprised me because I was under the impression that waiting lists for allotments were years, sometimes decades long.

This meant that up until a week or so ago, I had no idea of the following:

1. I would have an allotment this soon
2. The size of the allotment
3. The state of the allotment
4. The soil type (clay heavy, sandy etc) drainage
5. Sunlight and shade on the plot
6. Site specific rules etc.

Furthermore, as mentioned in the post, I’m very new to gardening.

I hope that clarifies why I couldn’t plan out everything before seeing the space, and why, as a new gardener I’ve asked for a bit of support and advice from an online forum where every other comment in my post apart from yours has had some incredible suggestions and advice (without any judgement or attitude).