Ep105: Why I'm quitting my allotment plot

So, I've made the decision to leave my first ever allotment plot after two seasons working the site. It's been quite a ride! In this video I give you my main reasons for leaving the plot. I hope you enjoy the footage of the space over the last two years and my account of the highs and lows of #allotmentlife! Thank you so much for all your support, encouragement and advice over that time 💕 I am sad to be giving up this plot - but I'm also very excited for the next chapter... Goodbye Plot 33, you've been a blast!

Vlog: Gardening with my dog in the home kitchen vegetable garden and my UK veganic allotment plot. I hope you enjoyed this week's video - please do like and subscribe if you did 👍 Thank you for watching 💕😊

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[dogontheplot]

Have you ever given up an allotment plot? What were your reasons?

[mandytaylor]

You tease you have a new plot that’s great. It has to be a joy not a drudge. I am 70 and my sister keeps saying why do you do it but I love it. I love to sit feel the peace and quiet and listen to the birds. When I can I go all day we have a tea shed to make drinks and lunch and we have a loo. I just love being there.

[joinmeinthedirt]

I’m so glad your not leaving and wishing you the best on the new plot. Can’t wait to watch you start over.

[michelleann]

Happy for you Kerry ...the flooding seemed more than one could handle...look forward to your new plot videos. Good Luck!!! 🌿💚🌱

[ecocentrichomestead]

There are a lot of Youtube channels that has only one person in the videos but a team doing the work.
We should never compare ourselves to them.

[Martha-uf]

How exciting. I think it will be a great move for you. Looking forward to see the dog on the new plot😊

[iandarnell]

Great news Kerry you had us going there! - we thought you were going to finish! Hope the new plot is successful and more importantly enjoyable and look forward to seeing it soon x

[JuliesGardenDiaries]

How exciting, look forward to seeing you set up your new plot.

[RobinGardens]

WOW I have insomnia tonight and thought I'll just watch a couple videos....and I see this. Of course, I have to watch it.
So glad you have a new plot and that it seems much more manageable than your current situation.
Regarding your perennials, I'd move as many as you can....timing is perfect weather-wise.
Don't feel bad about tilling, it's not the end of soil tilled for many years and my garden thrived.
Excited to watch the next plot unfold.🥰

[SundaysInTheGarden]

Ok, this had me panicking to start with! 😅 soooo excited to see the new space and to follow this new adventure! 😊🪴💚

[annsfrench]

That’s exactly what I was hoping you would do! 😊 Getting rid of the problems and taking on a better site should make you happier. I’m glad you have the overlap time to move from the one to the other. I’m excited to see the progress.

[TheFarmyardGarden]

Oh Kerry! You got me good and proper there! I was so worried! 😅😂

I think most people in your situation would have taken the opportunity to move, given an option. I don’t blame you!

So looking forward to the full tour of the new plot and getting acquainted with it in future videos.

Very exciting for you! ❤

[kitchengardengrows]

So sneaky!!🤣 Really exciting to have a fresh start Kerry, on what will hopefully be a much better spot. Allotment plots are what they are, but no-one would choose to grow in a bog, unless you had a particular penchant for bog plants I suppose! Good on you for grabbing an upgrade, instead of doggedly (you see what I did there!) plodding on. Really looking forward to seeing it all come together! Have a good week! 🤩

[christinegrigg]

Excited for you Kerry. Love your vlogs so you had me worried at the beginning. Wishing you well on the new plot. ❤

[ThatBritishHomestead]

Slugs were mental this year. It's ok we have next year

[cindytennessee]

Well, Kerry, 🙋🏻‍♀️ I’m definitely excited for you! I think you’ve made the right decision and I wish you the very best. May there be no fleas, no flooding, very few slugs, and woodchip paths. Cindy 🌱

[margaretalice]

Kerry I wish you lots of fun on your new plot. My plot is exactly like yours housebuilders who built houses nearby covered a burn & site has heavy heavy clay. Had it 17 years now. Raised all beds & added tons of manure & compost. Paths last year are finally paved wow what a difference. I’ve had a chance to move to another on the site but family have helped often so there’s memories everywhere so I decided to stay put. And the beds are great now. I don’t blame you for moving tbh. If I’d only known about the flooding etc I probably would’ve moved in the early years. We dug drainage channels too. So hard. Hope your new plot is a dream 🤩

[moorsidegardener]

Ahhh, you did tease there was change on the way. Wishing you lots of luck on the new plot.

[Jojo-ddvk]

Sorry to hear, i totally sympathize with you, had all you mention but the floods. In the end either you put up with it and somehow adapt and obviously requires having the time and patience too, which is scarce these days❤ all my thoughts with you, its a hard decision

[UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Hi Kerry, I am so happy for you. I can totally appreciate all the difficulty and frustration you have experienced this season. This was a difficult season for so many people mostly the weather no matter where we live. This does sound like the best decision for you all the way around.
The balance is always a compromise between the emotional and analytical parts of the decision when it comes to gardening. Do we do what we love or do what we know is right and what about the most popular practices? Then we look at the investments such as money and time and resources. The tools, equipment to buy, supplies, seeds, fertilizers and so on.
You made the decision and now it is on you go. Being sure to do what is right for the next person is important and sending karma into the universe is admirable. I was taught in the military to leave everything better than you found it and I do love this concept. Even if I am the only one that recognizes it. My opinion would be take the perennials that are most important to you and the ones that will survive a move. Thinking about the rotovating if you can take some of the most recently added compost to the new site it should be ok before tilling it all under. The decider being how difficult it is to move it that far.
Starting a new plot does allow for a wide array of video ideas which hopefully does allow for some creative sparks going forward. You do have a very lovely channel and you do make such nice videos I am certain no matter what you will be successful I do wish you some joy and excitement going forward, Steven