Natalie Hogg

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Tereza Okava wrote:Hey Natalie, that's a good-sized plot you have there! How exciting!! I like your design, the only thing I would add is to think about how shade/sun will work as the sun moves across the sky (planting taller things so they don't shade out the littler ones, etc). Other than that, looks great and I look forward to seeing how it all grows up for you!! If you're in 9a, you should be able to start some things right away, are you getting any rain?



Sadly we are currently in a drought there are some potato plants from the previous plot holder that are holding on but everything I've put in the ground while clearing has just not germinated at all from how dry it is.
Hi I'm new to growing.
I've just finished cutting back the brambles on my new allotment plot and am looking at designing the goal layout of the plot.

I am in Cornwall England, hardiness zone 9a. My plot has little to no shade so I've decided to re orient my shed to form some shade to sit in. I am trying to feed two adults on a budget, bonus if I can share extra and would like my plot to also be visually interesting and a nice place to be.
I would also like to use this plot to work on some of the SKIP projects, although tall hugely type structures aren't allowed. I have to ask permission to add sheds, poly tunnels, greenhouses, trees and ponds.

How do you decide on a garden layout?
Can you see any problems with my initial idea sketches?
Beds are the greyed out zones

Edited to add dimensions: plot is 9.7 by 12.6 meters my initial designs are based on 4ft main paths 2 foot small paths and 4 ft beds

Photos of the plots current condition included
This is my plot in Cornwall. I have only had it for a couple of months most of which has been spent cutting back weeds, very little of what I planted grew but the potatoes that volunteered seem happy.
My plan is to dig out the bramble nodes when I dig out the potatoes, then cardboard, unfinished compost compost and wood chip as much as I can on the cheap. Then find something to act as a cover crop for the rest, maybe wildflower meadow it.
I also want to install a cold frame, twist the shed 90 degrees and actually attach the water butts to the shed roof. So very busy autumn and winter ahead of me.
2 days ago
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Textiles
Sand - sew a patch
     - knit a dish cloth
Straw - sew a bib front apron
     - patch a sofa
     - invisibly mending an item of clothing
     - conceal a stain
    - sew a zokin
   - sew a feminine pad

Pending- invisibly darn a knit
             - sew a button
Greywater
Sand - reuse dishwater

Nest
Sand - do washing up by hand
      - clean a kitchen
     - manually clean an oven
     - make rags from old clothes
Straw - wipe down windows
        - clean interior of a fridge

Foraging
Sand - make a cup of tea
Sand - forage 2lbs of fresh fruit (elderberries)

Food prep
Sand - cook grain on a cooker (rice)
Sand - make soup
Converting a skirt from hooks and eyes to buttons because the new washing machine keeps destroying them 😭
6 months ago
Holey sock,
Getting good photos black on black is hard
6 months ago
Roasted tomato soup intended to feed 4 with bread
12 large tomatoes
2 onions
2 sticks of celery
2 tiny sad carrots
2 potatoes
Bunch of fresh basil

Roast for 20 minutes
Put in soup pot with water simmer until very soft
Blend
Textiles
Sand - sew a patch
     - knit a dish cloth
Straw - sew a bib front apron
     - patch a sofa
     - invisibly mending an item of clothing
     - conceal a stain
    - sew a zokin
   - sew a feminine pad

Greywater
Sand - reuse dishwater

Nest
Sand - do washing up by hand
      - clean a kitchen
     - manually clean an oven
     - make rags from old clothes
Straw - wipe down windows
        - clean interior of a fridge

Foraging
Sand - make a cup of tea
Sand - forage 2lbs of fresh fruit (elderberries)

Food prep
Sand - cook grain on a cooker (rice)
Turned some very worn and stained socks into rags
6 months ago