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Making sketches During your first visit to the allotment, make a rough sketch plan of the plot with the position of all the important features like paths and any buildings, existing beds and perennial plants or remaining crops. Annotate the plan with any information you might gather about soil, aspect, exposure or neighbouring plots. Note any sloping ground because you will tend to take loads of manure or water in one direction more than others, and this might influence your layout.

When you are back home, make another plan, this time of your ideal plot. Allocate space for all your favourite crops and anything else you would like to grow, bearing in mind which need sun, shade or plenty of water and attention, as this could affect their siting. Consider the extra facilities you might like now or in the future – a family gathering place, cold frames or a fruit cage – but remember that you can always change your mind and adapt the plan later.

All this preliminary thought can help you to visualize life on the plot and so translate your dream into reality.