Hi Phil and welcome. My first step towards having a smallholding was a couple of allotments in Edinburgh. I loved them
. I was glad to get away from the little hitlers on the committee, but I did so miss the camaraderie of all the other lovely allotmenteers when we moved on. We weren't allowed to keep livestock on ours, and couldn't grow more than a small proportion of flowers, and..... as I said, little hitlers
However, we did get all the horse manure we could use from the nearby Army barracks, and wonderful piles of autumn leaves for leafmould - I miss both of those too.
I hope you too love your allotment.