Hi, My allotment is probably twice or 3 time more that I need to feed my
family, or even just keep weed free.

Next year I was thinking of setting half to a very low maintainance cash
crop.....

Any ideas what this should be ?

I'm not "that" interested in the money side, as long as it makes some
holiday spending money to keep wifey happy.

Its more important that whatever crop , it doesn't take too much effort, and
fills a space otherwise occupied by weeds.

Rich
http://www.sh0pz.com

opium poppies?

"Rich" wrote in message
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Hi, My allotment is probably twice or 3 time more that I need to feed my
family, or even just keep weed free.

Next year I was thinking of setting half to a very low maintainance cash
crop.....

Any ideas what this should be ?

Go to a couple of your local car boot sales and see the produce on sale
there. If you're lucky the vendors will tell you how it's going, and you
should get an idea of demand. Fruit may be a good idea, considering the
prices of punnets of soft fruit at supermarkets.

The previous occupant of my allotment was an old boy living on his own, and
he used to grow far too much for himself, and used to take the excess down
to the pub in exchange for his beer. I never met him, but I hear he was
drunk most nights at this time of year.

Steve

Rich wrote:

Hi, My allotment is probably twice or 3 time more that I need to feed my
family, or even just keep weed free.

Next year I was thinking of setting half to a very low maintainance cash
crop.....

Any ideas what this should be ?

I'm not "that" interested in the money side, as long as it makes some
holiday spending money to keep wifey happy.

Its more important that whatever crop , it doesn't take too much effort,
and fills a space otherwise occupied by weeds.

Rich
http://www.sh0pz.com


Late raspberries...Chop back every year,weed a few times
and then sell the produce ....
--
Regards
Ted Wager
Using Libranet Linux

The problem with most "produce" is that it is perishable and low priced.
Consider instead growing plants for other gardeners. They are less
perishable and possibly more profitable.

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

"shazzbat" wrote in message
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"Rich" wrote in message
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Hi, My allotment is probably twice or 3 time more that I need to feed my
family, or even just keep weed free.

Next year I was thinking of setting half to a very low maintainance cash
crop.....

Any ideas what this should be ?

Go to a couple of your local car boot sales and see the produce on sale
there. If you're lucky the vendors will tell you how it's going, and you
should get an idea of demand. Fruit may be a good idea, considering the
prices of punnets of soft fruit at supermarkets.

The previous occupant of my allotment was an old boy living on his own,
and
he used to grow far too much for himself, and used to take the excess down
to the pub in exchange for his beer. I never met him, but I hear he was
drunk most nights at this time of year.

Steve

*********
Which reminds me,,
When I was a youth we lived isolated "down the docks". Out the front of
our bungalow was a small square field with a broken stone road round it ,
and on the far corner some low buildings obscured the quarter mile road to
the some shops and the pub at the start of the Town proper.
My dad used get together a large bouquet of beautiful flowers from his
allotment and hide them in the henhouse at the back, also near the near the
bungalow . On a Saturday evenings he hid the bouquet in front of his body
and walked quickly to the far corner. , then proceeded the quarter mile to
the pub.
The first short stretch was in full view of the front door and when my
mother, a strict Union Methodist, first saw him cross the first field there
was hell to play when he came home. (BTW, I never ever, saw my Dad in a
"wits out" condition.).
She accused him of "playing around" and "having another woman", which he
denied and said he always sold the bouquet in the pub. A

"trufflesdad" wrote in message
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Rich wrote:

Hi, My allotment is probably twice or 3 time more that I need to feed my
family, or even just keep weed free.

Next year I was thinking of setting half to a very low maintainance cash
crop.....

Any ideas what this should be ?

I'm not "that" interested in the money side, as long as it makes some
holiday spending money to keep wifey happy.

Its more important that whatever crop , it doesn't take too much effort,
and fills a space otherwise occupied by weeds.

Rich
http://www.sh0pz.com


Late raspberries...Chop back every year,weed a few times
and then sell the produce ....
--
Regards
Ted Wager
Using Libranet Linux


Thanks Ted,

I'll look out for Raspberry plants....

A guy in the pub reckons Pumpkins, as they cover a large area of ground, and
more and more places want to sell them at halloween.

Any thoughts ?

Rich
http://www.sh0pz.com

On 18/7/04 9:27 pm, in article , "Rich"
wrote:

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A guy in the pub reckons Pumpkins, as they cover a large area of ground, and
more and more places want to sell them at halloween.

Any thoughts ?

For what it's worth we saw a LOT of places selling pumpkins in USA a couple
of years ago. They were piled up by the roadside, someone had built a
'fort' out of them; there were pumpkin 'men' etc. Make a THING of it and
you could be onto something good in your area.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds after garden to email me)

"Jims garden" wrote in message
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Rich wrote:
Hi, My allotment is probably twice or 3 time more that I need to feed my
family, or even just keep weed free.

Next year I was thinking of setting half to a very low maintainance cash
crop.....

Any ideas what this should be ?

I'm not "that" interested in the money side, as long as it makes some
holiday spending money to keep wifey happy.

Its more important that whatever crop , it doesn't take too much effort,
and
fills a space otherwise occupied by weeds.

Rich
http://www.sh0pz.com


Some years back there used to be groups devoted to growing their own
tobacco. ...Yes it is possible in this country, particularly in the
Southern counties or using cloches elsewhere.
Perhaps a google search might locate any still extant as they would be a
source of info on the methodology and also seed sources etc.
Even if you don't use the tobacco yourself I'm sure there would be a
demand for it.


hmmm, presuming this isn't toungue-in-cheek, not a course of action to be
recommended.

you _really_ don't want to clash with the enforcement people within HM
C&E....



--
Richard Sampson

email me at
richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk

Yes Tobacco was grown, but was sent to a specialist firm for processing, and
then if you wanted to sell it, it would incur duty.

You ask for a low input cash crop to grow on an allotment.
All I can say is you must have much better security than I have ever heard
of before for an allotment, most I know of regularly suffer from "Finger
blight".
What they would make of a saleable crop sitting there I hate to think.
You would be better having a regular surplus every week that you could sell
on to a few friends, especially if you are growing "Organically"

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk