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AmexRuislip

Retired Spy 🕵️‍♂️
Feb 2, 2014
34,775
Ruislip
Don’t usually use trains . At the risk of sounding daft , are allotments only for people that live in apartments that don’t have gardens ? Is that right or do some people have one as well as ?

It all depends in what you're after.
We have one for growing produce for our own consumption, as our garden is too small to house anything, let alone a shed.
It's good for being outdoors, social contact and a good feeling of achievement.
Even after 14 years of doing this, we're still the youngest at 50ish age, even though it's full of +70's.
 






knocky1

Well-known member
Jan 20, 2010
13,108
It all depends in what you're after.
We have one for growing produce for our own consumption, as our garden is too small to house anything, let alone a shed.
It's good for being outdoors, social contact and a good feeling of achievement.
Even after 14 years of doing this, we're still the youngest at 50ish age, even though it's full of +70's.

Different at Weald site in Hove. Started at 40, 21 years ago, and about the youngest from 300+ plots. Now in the oldest 10% and we’re almost in the “who didn’t make it through the winter” group.😁

More a reflection on the demographic of the new young Hove.
 




banjo

GOSBTS
Oct 25, 2011
13,428
Deep south
Think there’s something special about growing your own. You don’t need an allotment, or a garden to grow veg. Some large pots or hanging baskets will do.
 




AmexRuislip

Retired Spy 🕵️‍♂️
Feb 2, 2014
34,775
Ruislip
A couple of years ago me and Mrs.Punal took over an allotment plot. Over time we’ve taken it from an overgrown, lumpy patch of nothingness into something that will produce a bounty of goodies. The inconvenience though has been in not having a shed to store our tools etc. We are now taking the plunge and will buy a decent sized job that will house all our gear and be sturdy enough to withstand the rigours of winter and stormy weather.

Now the problem. We have been advised not to store any valuable stuff in said shed as anything mechanical or electrical will be nicked by opportunistic scrotes. On that basis I intend to make the shed as secure as possible with reliable locks and bars. My question is - is it possible to be insured for theft and damage as the shed is on an allotment site and therefore away from the confines of your residence (i.e. covered by home insurance)?

Any answers gratefully received. Cheers! :drink:

https://www.allotment-garden.org/?s=Sheds&submit=Go :thumbsup:
 


Wrong-Direction

Well-known member
Mar 10, 2013
13,638
Whats the going rate for an allotment these days? I've walked past tenantry down several hundred times this lockdown

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vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
28,273
Whats the going rate for an allotment these days? I've walked past tenantry down several hundred times this lockdown

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I pay £8 per Rod and have 8 Rods, marvellous value.
 


BNthree

Plastic JCL
Sep 14, 2016
11,457
WeHo
My folks have an allotment in Hove and the shed has a broken door. Never had anything stolen from the shed but last year they had their entire crop of broadbeans stolen. Wasn't animals/birds as all neatly picked and taken away.
 




BNthree

Plastic JCL
Sep 14, 2016
11,457
WeHo
Don’t usually use trains . At the risk of sounding daft , are allotments only for people that live in apartments that don’t have gardens ? Is that right or do some people have one as well as ?

Allotments are for any local resident that wants one and maintains it. Where the site is probably dictates the type of person that has one there. When I had a plot in Mile Oak it was all old boys that liked gardening and wanted to have more fruit and veg. Then I had a plot in Hove and it was all young families that were interested in sustainability and self-reliance (broad generalisations but you get the idea).
 










1066familyman

Radio User
Jan 15, 2008
15,234
We leave our allotment shed and the allotment Beach Hut residence unlocked. When we padlocked them the kids smashed the doors in to get access. This was worse than theft. I hide the strimmer under old nets. After 20 years we have had one break in and lost nothing. Kids usually look for a dope den and old bottles of alcohol left around. Insurance work out more expensive than replacing items.

A strongly defended shed must have something worth stealing.

Exactly this ^

If you want to get a bit creative, build a false wall in front of the back of the inside of the shed and store your most valuable stuff behind that. It would need to be a pretty big shed to fit a mower behind a false wall though. But a strimmer should work out ok.
 


Weststander

Well-known member
Aug 25, 2011
69,313
Withdean area
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