new to allotmenting ,any advice welcome

[tenpin]

Hi everyone
I got my first allotment in February after a 2 1/2 year wait. Ive spent the last few months digging,rotavating,digging and filling about 50 rubble sacks with couch grass roots. We've put in 7 raised beds, a polytunnel of our own design, a set of compost bins made from pallets and yesterday we finally put up our shed. So far I have planted onion sets, carrots and parsnips, garlic and potatoes and my conservatory at home is overflowing with seedlings.
Loving every minute.
Jo

[gardenplot]

Welcome tenpin, sounds like you have got things up and running nicely well done, Have you got some photos
I have just got my allotment at end of Feb and still working on it to get some beds ready for planting out this year - my greenhouse is full of seedlings waiting to be planted on to plot.
Good luck and well done

[barrie tough]

welcome tenpin .sounds like youve been busy.best of luck with your plot hope for better weather than last year .you will get plenty help on the forum.

[tenpin]

Welcome tenpin, sounds like you have got things up and running nicely well done, Have you got some photos
I have just got my allotment at end of Feb and still working on it to get some beds ready for planting out this year - my greenhouse is full of seedlings waiting to be planted on to plot.
Good luck and well done

Thanks gardenplot here are some photos

[gemlady]

Hi tenpin You've certainly not wasted any time after your long wait. Hope everything goes well for you. Look forward to more pics.

[barrie tough]

looking good tenpin wish mine looked as tidy as that.

[allotmentlady]

welcome tenpin the polytunnel looks great!

[Plot17B]

Hello fellow newbie!
Now, you've got a pond sunk already. I'm keen to drop one into our plot and get the frogs/newts settled in. Also have taddies in pond in garden. Q. How easy is it to "transport" taddies from pond to pond? I think I've heard they don't like it much. Are you leaving yours to become inhabited by itself or going to "seed" it somehow?
Any top tips appreciated! :-)
Cheers
17B

[tenpin]

Hi plot17b I have actually removed some spawn from our local forest park and placed it in my pond a week ago . So far so good they have hatched and I now have a multitude of tadpoles. Good luck with yours. I just collected them in a large plastic bag making sure there was plenty of water surrounding them ,then I placed it in another bag and put the handles of both bags around my gear stick when I drove off.

[carlseawolf]

WOW !
You have done good , so much so soon.