Dear fellow allotment lovers,

This week I signed the contract on this lovely overgrown abandoned plot!

I've read Dowding's advice: clear perennial weeds, cardboard and cover beds to smother annuals. I'm an allotment cyclist so large bags of compost/ woodchip/ horse manure will have to wait till I can invest in a bicycle trailer. But... 

What advice would you give to a first time allotment holder (who has time for 5-6 hours of attendance per week)?