Mairin's Journal

:) Are you thinking of getting one, Mairin?

Sounds great Mairin, will you go for one, is there a waiting list....

Good luck with whatever you choose to do Mairin.So of the members at the G.I.Y meeting last night spoke about them.An allotment holder has opened some about 30 min drive from where i live.

I am not going for an allotment, at least not yet.  Behind the in-laws, there is half an acre of ground.  Normally, the men (father in law, husband and brother in law) grow potatoes in some of it.  Last year, the brother in law grew a few other veg so I asked if we could have 2 drills.  I was told I could have 5-6 if I wanted them but the veg I grew before was on at container quantities and I don't want to be overwhelmed.  I want to grow sunflowers too because they are good growers for children and pumpkins for Hallowen.  We'll see how we get on this year as the plan is that in the afternoons we go up and spend time up there.  If it goes very well, I might look into getting an allotment.

Jacinta, they wouldn't be too far from you.  All you would have to do is come off the M1 at the Donabate interchange and 5-7 mins later you would be at them.  

But they are contacting people who put their names down last year first so if you are interested, let me know and I'll give you their mobile numbers.

Yea pretty close alright, Mairin. But I don't think I could afford €400 a year.

Don't know where you came up with €400 - the small ones are for €145 and the larger one for €255. 

I logged onto Corduff Allotments and got that price, together with the water rates it came to 400. Maybe I read it wrong.

What website did you go into?  I got an emai from her today and there wasn't a mention of water rates. 

North County Leader. Sorry, just went back into it to check. As usual, I misread it. Oops. Yea I was thinking 400 seemed an awful lot. No worries. Is this in Lusk? If so, it would be too far from me.

Mairin i will be calling around by the man with the allotments here to see price and size.It will be interesting to see are they near the average size,around 250 square metres.

Jacinta, they are on the old main Belfast road and there are little roads which would bring you into Lusk.  The address is Lusk but to be honest, you wouldn't walk it from my house to it onless you wanted to spend the day walking. 

Its still too far from me, Mairin. I only literally drive to work and back. Or just short distances. I am the biggest chicken when driving.

Bound to be snapped up in no time, Jacinta you have to believe you can do it and eventually through time you will it's mind over matter. Independance is a great thing.