just got an allotment meself ... meersbrook, someone told me that ours are a 1/4 of an acre? ... pretty big as the average in blighty is 1/6th or so i've read. been on the waiting list for around 2 years, and believe the list is growing by the day, which is pretty annoying when you see the amount of vacant and derelict plots there are. the council should be forced to sort it quicker.
sorting a derelict plot is a massive undertaking, bit daunted by it ... so not setting my sights too high at the moment ... one bed at a time, and looking to get at least half the plot under control by summer ... fingers crossed.
going to take mc55's comment on board and try and get a bed sorted soon as and get some garlic and onions in soon as.
manure on order.