Allotments.....who has one?

[Red17]

Went to the allotment last weekend to check for storm damage and seem to have got away unscathed.
Rhubarb looking good though (always our first crop of the year), should be able to pick a few stems this weekend.

 

[bagpuss]

The missus got me one of these for ours.....Hump

 

[oldwheels]

I've had a slight phobia of allotments or 'the hen pens' as we called them as children since I was about 5 or 6 year old. My grandad used to encourage me to feed some geese with bread on a 'pen'. I hated it when these crazed hissing birds came at us. He'd tell me to throw the bread not hold it, as they'd snap my fingers off if they got too close!! Do folk still keep crazed hissing geese on their allotments to deter predators?🤔

Hiram Walker whisky distillers in Dumbarton kept geese around their warehousing. They did act as a deterrent as they did seem to be pretty aggressive.

 

[Hicky]

As the OP I gave up my allotment a few years ago when I moved house, the new house has a huge garden so I had no need for it.
I now have a greenhouse and over lockdown grew allsorts(15 trees also!).
A baby daughter has arrived(just over 12 months ago) so I'll be soon starting projects to create a dogs free area as a playground for her and a proper set of raised beds so she learns the joy(and frustrations) of gardening...I wish I'd of listened to my grandad who's garden was an oasis in the middle of Europe's biggest council estate(Wythenshawe).

 

[lazybloke]

Fuve months after harvest, have nearly finished the squash and pumpkins; only 7 left.
A mash with cumin is one of my fvourites, but soup, roasting or fish pie are all good options.