BensGrandad
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Mine is only 10 rods and that is £17 per year rental.
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You effectively rent it from the council. Price will depend on where you are but in B&H it's about £35 for 5 rods ( half a traditional plot ).
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Wow !!!! That's good value - maybe the B&H Green party should take note !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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So you have two allotments?
chucky1973
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stupid question to some, but how big is a rod?
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This thread could become very beneficial as the spring goes on for novice gardeners like me, have a massive passion for it, but always unsure if I am doing it right, would welcome the experiance of people on here as time goes on to ensure i am doing it right and basic stuff like the best time to plant things?
COuld even go as far as photos in a month or so to see who shooting the best!!
COuld even go as far as photos in a month or so to see who shooting the best!!
public school boy
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All growing well in garden shed. The extra grow lamps have worked wonders. Good crop on it's way. Ever seen a stoned cat?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_vWuyH9Qo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_vWuyH9Qo
No Alan - he has an allotment that is a traditional size - you've been listening to Bill Randall too much !
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It's actually a square rod.
A rod is 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet. A square rod is 5.5 x 5.5 yards (or 16.5 ft x 16.5 ft) = 30.25 sq yds (272.25 sq ft).
Roughly, one quarter of a 'six-yard box'.
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According to their info, in Haywards Heath, the average allotment is 5 sq. rods.
Not sure what compelled you to drag local politics into this. Are you HB&B?
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KNC
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Kind of shows how wrong Haywards Health Council are. A TRADITIONAL allotment is 10 rods regardless of what a council or a political party suggests otherwise. You know perfectly well why I dragged local politics into the discussion Alan. The fact that you won't see any bad in the local Greens speaks a million words. I'd suggest that if I'd levied the same accusation at the Tories you wouldn't have responded at all !BensGrandad
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The entire site of the allotments of which mine is one is owned by HH Council I believe but it is leased at a peppercorn rent to an allotment society who in turn sublet each plot. Mine is average to smaller than most on the site and many of the older people who have had plots for years have more than one. One person, the ex chairman, has either 3 or 4 each one much larger than mine. The rent is set by the committee of the society and they have just put mine up from £15 last year to £17.50 this year to be exact so I would suggest the rental has gone from £1.50 per rod to £1.75. I am not 100% sure that their definition of a rod is correct but some of the plots are narrower than others so perhaps they have their own version of a rod. Although I do know one of the committee walked around every plot last year with a walking measure with one wheel.
It was on the radio a few weeks ago that an old ancient law says that if 6 people go to the council requesting land for an allotment the council are duty bound to find a site for them.
It was on the radio a few weeks ago that an old ancient law says that if 6 people go to the council requesting land for an allotment the council are duty bound to find a site for them.
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Oh shut up about the f***ing Green Party for five minutes, would you?
Meanwhile, back on topic, I intend growing tomatoes in my cheap plastic greenhouse, and would appreciate advice on that too. Can I grow anything bigger than cherry tomatoes in these things with any hope of success?
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BensGrandad
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Using a Land Measurement chart on the internet a sq rod is 3.3059 sq yds. 4 rods = a chain and if my memory of school maths is correct a chain is the same length as a cricket pitch 22yds.