This is what an allotment site looks like from above

West London, in the middle of everything. Every little patch has someone's whole personality on it. It's my favorite kind of map.

Waiting lists are horribly long round here. How long did you wait for yours?

Photo: Mike McBey, CC BY 2.0. Source

@gwen_ashby · Steady contributor

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@noor_haddad

I've been on my list for 4 years. I have a balcony and a dream.

@gwen_ashby

Keep going, Noor. Someone's knees always give out eventually. That sounded grim, but you know what I mean.

@rosalind_k

It looks like a quilt that somebody's been arguing about for a century.

@fern_and_fig

Seven years here, and I got it right when I'd given up on it.

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