Not-quite-allotment Gardening

[gothwalk]

This might come to nothing, but... has anyone in the Dublin area got a back garden that they (or their landlord) wouldn't mind me digging (some of it) up for vegetable planting? Actual vegetables planted subject to discussion between me and whoever's in control of the garden, and bearing in mind that I'm not a very good gardener yet. Actual vegetables resulting to be split between me and the owner/tenant.

And if anyone wants to lend a hand with the digging and planting, should I find someone who's willing to let me at it, do let me know.

I'll be planting some herbs and tomatoes and stuff in what space we have in Portobello, but for potatoes, onions, and so on, I need more space. I'd look for an allotment, except there are none in Dublin - I did some extensive looking last year, and got well up into Dublin Corporation before getting a definite no and a recommendation to try Airfield House. Who, understandably, don't do allotments either.

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[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Based on what was successful before, I'm intending to grow parsley and some other herbs, onions (possibly small onion-like things like shallots), and ideally potatoes if I can find space. We already have a strawberry planter, moved with great effort from the old place.

I regularly thank the gods for giving me the unholy amount of muscle I have, but rarely more often than when they enable me to move a 100-litre container full of damp soil over a distance of about 150 metres. I just hope the damn strawberries recover from their winter collapse.