Sounds like your landowner is trying to make money out of you. Our landshare agreement is with a landowner who is on a water meter and we have agreed to pay an amount based on half the difference between last year's and this year's bill. We also share the produce pretty much 50/50.
Unless the garden is huge and you are planning to gain financially from the venture, £120 a year seems a lot of money, especially since you won't be accessing the site much through the winter months!!!
Allotments round here are £33 for a full plot and £16.50 for half a plot - per year.
Good luck, we have really enjoyed our first season with our Landshare partner.
On the citrus front - try scattering the peal from oranges or grapefruits around the edges. Needs renewing every few weeks, though.
In response to my cat seems to want to urinate on my veg plot. has anyone got any suggestions on how i can discourage him please? Thank you
Thanks Debbie - picking has been meal-sized for two and we have had at least six pickings off 8 plants in two huge pots, one more small picking and that will be it and I can use the tubs for my Christmas potatoes. Now have landshare space, so will try cutting the ground-planted ones back next year.
They prefer strong beer or real ale to lager. Not sure they deserve it though!!
If these are 'earlies' they should be ready to harvest now and the tops will die back as they have done their job and produced, hopefully, a great crop of potatoes for you. Suggest you test lift a plant or empty a bag and see what comes up. If you don't want the whole crop lifted you can leave them where they are until you need them. We have left earlies in the barrels for several months after the tops have died off, just keep them watered but not wet, and harvest as required. We have had these as 'new' potatoes at Christmas, with no sign of damage or rot. Not sure about ground planted spuds though.
If you are the landowner, then a quiet word should be enough - after all it's your land. However, if it's Local Authority, speak with your local allotment rep, or contact the Council department responsible for allotments, they should be able to take action, or suggest a possible solution.
Good Luck
My local authority have recently provided some new allotments and said they would gladly provide more - but they just don't have the land available. Also, when full plots become available they are splitting them down to 2 half [but still enough for the majority of us] plots to try and shorten the waiting time. At least they are trying to help.
Garlic takes a long time to grow - I planted mine in Oct and don't expect to harvest until mid Aug onwards. Full sun, well-fed and good drainage [but not dry] will help. Use fresh-picked as 'wet' garlic or hang and dry and use throughout the Winter. take care when harvesting not to bruise the soft cloves.