I look at local allotments and you see a large number either totally neglected or simply left to go to grass. There is a 1 hectare length about a mile from home where I counted 14 full sites and 6 half sites pretty much in that situation. In between you see a few reasonably tended and quite a few magnificently tended. Clearly those on the waiting lists must feel short-changed seeing that sort of thing……
Having tested out Charles’ no-dig methods over an 18 month period, it’s pretty clear that you can reduce ‘weeding’ to the odd hoeing session once a week/fortnight once a site is brought to a state of cleanliness. To me it does seem an ideal solution for those only able to garden at weekends or the odd evening in the week.