OK - I know I posted to this thread this morning ... dunno where it ended up!

Anyhoo ...

I have, after a gap of some 13 years, taken on an allotment again, jointly with my neighbour. We only found out that we were successful in our application (this is a very posh set of allotments!) on Thursday, which was almost too late to buy our seed potatoes. There wasn't a decent type left on the market by noon on Saturday, but we've managed to get King Edwards and Romano. I've ordered online some Pink Fir Apples, plus six 'rare breeds'.

Our strategy is to concentrate on things we wouldn't easily buy in the local farmers' market, which is just the next block over from us.

So I've bought some runner bean seeds (Pink Lady?) - a kind that dates back to the 1850s. Also, some yellow wax beans and long (foot-long pods) climbing green French beans. Some of these new-fangled 'asparagus peas' (anyone tried them?) and some Pomodoro tomatoes. Oh, and some purple brussel sprouts, and these beetroot that are white with concentric red circles when you cut them open, and some purple/blue pumpkins which ought to look particularly spooky when made into Jack-o-Lanterns.

I've got my comfrey ready to plant down there, plus assorted other herbs. But no 'Herbs' - as there's a rule book entry about 'that kind of thing'.

Anyone else 'alloting' or veg-ing in general?

sian