I had an allotment (long strip of land, often rented from a Town Council or other public body, for planting of vegetables, etc.) some years ago. Good fun, but it was the Duffers' Allotments in town - as opposed to the Posh Allotments where they don't let you have a strip without being serious about vegetables and very, very , very tidy! (Not me!)

Unless the allotments are close to where you live, make sure you have a shed for storing your tools. My allotment didn't even have running water, so we had an old hip-bath to catch rain water!

I did a lot of companion planting and I 'rotated' crops religiously. I also listened VERY carefully to the old codgers on the surrounding plots - gets them on your side but you also get some REALLY good advice.

You might want to think about heavy mulching, or putting down black plastic or something over the winter to get a head start on curbing next year's weeds! Throw in some flowering bulbs too so you can get some spring flowers.

If it's easily accessed by vandals, don't plant pumpkins!

Best of luck!

sian