This week I finally plucked up the enthusiasm to work out the plan for our allotment in 2024, shown below. I rotate the crops in light green, and I’ve moved some of the perennial stuff at the bottom around. Mainly to move the perennial veg up the slope making it easier to care for, and the cut flower bed – which needs very little attention – down to the end where it’s harder to access. I’ve included past plans below this one. Oh, one extra change is that I’ve added a new horizontal path near the top, this will make it easier to maintain the top half of the plot. This year I want to improve on efficiencies in order to start growing crops to sell to local community veg sharing schemes. I’m going to start small scale this year just to get into the swing of it. If I can produce a number of bags of excess crops to sell, I will be happy. I think local organic veg growing for the community is one of the most important activities we can all be doing. Luckily around us in the Calder Valley some amazing people have already set up the infrastructure for this.
