Muddy…is there another one you could go to? It seems such a shame to have to give up something you clearly enjoy, for the sake of a few nit pickers. Would you consider elsewhere?
I don’t love it that much Pixie .
I had hoped to work it with my old friend we both liked the idea of fresh healthy veg but she became ill and is unable to do anything . It is just too much for me really and it’s only a little plot .
Perhaps someone really keen will take it on it has an apple tree and raspberry and gooseberry bushes
Just too old I will stick not what gives me pleasure not headaches 
That’s the best thing to do Muddy. No point in struggling with things that make you unhappy. Sounds like a lovely plot though, you looked after it well. Good luck to the next person. I’m not signing up for mine again after this season either. Things you let go of, leave a space to be filled with something more fulfilling, I think. 
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My plot in London was on a massive site, and there were places to sit near the entrance and enjoy the nice weather. Out in the sun, or under a tree. It could be quite tranquil. However, the sight of high weeds after bouts of rain would send my enthusiasm spiralling. I didn’t love it enough to spend countless hours digging. I had two plots, the second one just a raised bed, under a walnut tree. No, it wasn’t my choice…the woman I am still friends with swooped in and chose the outer one, the one that didn’t get loads of crap falling onto the bed from the tree. Never forgave her for that, and I still harbour the grudge, but have shelved it.
The other one was my original, and consisted of a bed with a damson tree that never fruited, A section for a compost bin, and a shorter raised bed. Because it was next to the two bullies I was up against it each time I visited. That plot was the hardest to keep under control with grass all over. Sometimes I’d go over after an absence (after lots of rain) and almost cry.
I went to have a look with L when down in London recently and it was an utter mess. An elderly Indian lady took it over but hasn’t worked on it. Sky high grass, the rose Bush I planted has grown well out of control. Such a depressing sight. Needless to say, she has been given a ‘dirty plot’ notice. That is the one given for you to tidy up, before a ‘notice to quit’ letter!
I am so glad now not to worry about having one and taking up my time.
PK, so you have the choice not to work on it?
Well its not looked on favourably if you let it go for a few weeks. They tend to swarm over it doing before and after pictures and putting it social media to show how great they are at “looking after it”. They don’t name names, but just the plot number. The plot plan is there though for those that want to dig (pardon the pun!) deeper and find out who has been a lazy so-and so. Then when you go back its all “Oh we just did this for you, we just tidied it up for you, lets have tea to celebrate” I realise it sounds ungrateful to some extent, but its too smothering.
Let me get this right. So do you HAVE to work on it, regardless of whether you want to or not? CAN you walk away, saying no? I’m a bit confused here.
What a charming lot seems like allotments don’t always bring out the best in people.
Well…yes pretty much. There’s a signing in sheet where you put your clocking in time, and leaving time, and an explanation of what work you did either on your own patch or round about the grounds. Given that you paid for it at the start of the season, its expected that you will do your bit and not throw in the towel halfway through.
I suppose technically you could say no and walk away but I imagine there would need to be a acceptable good reason for it. I’ll not be renewing my patch at the end of the season so it will go to someone else, no harm done. Until then though, I’ll just potter away and try to avoid people. I don’t have much left to deal with anyway.
I am more or less the same Pixie