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Wondering of any of the mathematically minded folk here can advise?

Wondering how large in real terms the garden here is; it is in two parts, divided by a tall wall.

The top area is 12 paces by 22; the bottom part 34 paces by 12. ( I have long legs...)

The landlord promised to clear it when we came; he sent in the most friendly and expert digger man I have ever met. Watching him at work was a fascination.

The top part was simply overgrown. However all that could be seen past the wall was a total jungle; with the posts of an old barn sticking up through the brambles.

In went the digger; and out came the digger. he had found an old car there, and every kind of junk. Previous tenants had used it as a tip. The house had been empty years and of course the wall hid it all.

The landlord had no idea and was mortified.

As we would need topsoil, they decided to dig a kind of mass-grave in the field and bury it all.

A building was discovered at the bottom of the garden; an old one and a half storey byre, still with its roof on, and with three full three piece suites in it. They got buried too... All grown over now that huge hole.

Within three days it was all cleared, buried, the bank buillt up ,
The old posts, set in concrete, removed to the farm to be used there... and one tall leylandii that was blocking light, felled; from the rings it was 47 years old

Allotment standard size is ten rod.
One rod is thirty square yards, or twenty-five square metres.
Your rough measurements come out in my mind as about twenty rod in total, ten for each bit.

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Hi Marigold

12x24=288

34x12=408

288+408=696square yards (depending on your stride)

Assuming your stride is 30", I make the total area about 1/10 of an acre.

Marigold
I am delighted that the landlord lived up to their promise, despite the unexpected size of the task. Many would have turned their back upon it. However, I disapprove of just burying the non-compostable stuff. Surely there is a local tip/waste disposal site?

Stephen wrote:Marigold
I am delighted that the landlord lived up to their promise, despite the unexpected size of the task. Many would have turned their back upon it. However, I disapprove of just burying the non-compostable stuff. Surely there is a local tip/waste disposal site?

This is Ireland; he owns the land and that decision was up to him and not to us.

What a man does on his own land is his decision; the land is grazing for his cattle and he is experienced and careful.

Of course there are tips etc, but they cost heavily. And the land IS his so it is not like illegal dumping just anywhere. And they buried it very deeply indeed. I had to be very careful with the dogs until the hole was filled in....

I am not going to judge him.