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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 6:38 pm
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This article is a couple of years old so it may have been discussed already! However, although a quarter size would be ridiculous (unless there were just a couple as tasters to start with and then when a larger one came up those allotmenteers could decide whether they wanted to continue with one of those or not after all, giving up the taster one on refusal), I do think half sizes are the way to go. Only when they become available, of course. I can't imagine all that many people make full use and are entirely self-sufficient on a whole plot and half sizes can produce quite a lot. Even the allotmenteers growing lots of stuff on a full size plot have lots of space not in use, as paths, grassy bits, teatime space, several compost bins or piles, etc., so it isn't as if they're REALLY making full use of the space. They would grow just as much on a half plot, but managing the space better. I think making the half size the standard size is really the way to go to increase the numbers of available plots without it being a silly size. (Printable) comments?
This article is a couple of years old so it may have been discussed already! However, although a quarter size would be ridiculous (unless there were just a couple as tasters to start with and then when a larger one came up those allotmenteers could decide whether they wanted to continue with one of those or not after all, giving up the taster one on refusal), I do think half sizes are the way to go. Only when they become available, of course. I can't imagine all that many people make full use and are entirely self-sufficient on a whole plot and half sizes can produce quite a lot. Even the allotmenteers growing lots of stuff on a full size plot have lots of space not in use, as paths, grassy bits, teatime space, several compost bins or piles, etc., so it isn't as if they're REALLY making full use of the space. They would grow just as much on a half plot, but managing the space better. I think making the half size the standard size is really the way to go to increase the numbers of available plots without it being a silly size. (Printable) comments?