Tweet
Hi! I was planning a nice country walk with my family this morning, but it's chucking it down, so here I am instead!
I'm Kerry, a 30 something mother of 3 young boys (8, 6 & just turned 1) and a wife for my sins. My eldest son was given one of those children's tomato growing pots 4 years ago, so we decided to give it a go and got bitten by the bug. The next year we grew more tomatoes as well as spuds and onions. We knew at that point that growing our own was something that we really enjoyed doing and felt proud that we were feeding our boys as organically as possible. So we got in touch with the council and got ourselves on the waiting list for an allotment. From there, our garden was overtaken with raised bed kits, plants pots of all shapes and sizes as well as anything we could grow spuds in. In early spring this year, we got lucky with an 8x8ft greenhouse on freecycle
After nearly 3 years on the waiting list, I finally had the call last week, offering me an allotment. Ideally we would have liked to be on one of the busier sites a little closer to home, but you take what you can get right? Our allotment is about 2.5 miles away, one of just 2 allotments on the site and 170 sq mt. We get the key on 1st Dec and I am beyond excited. It's taking all my willpower to not go to the garden centre!
From what we could tell from gazing longingly over the fence, neither patch is overgrown (since we are unsure which of the 2 is ours), but both have some crops that haven't been harvested or dug up yet (like sweetcorn). I can't wait to get in there, see what kind of soil we have, do some general tidying up and hopefully getting some overwinter seeds & sets in, even if it is just a tiny patch!
I guess I had better start a "daydream" jar, as one day I would love some hens!
I'm Kerry, a 30 something mother of 3 young boys (8, 6 & just turned 1) and a wife for my sins. My eldest son was given one of those children's tomato growing pots 4 years ago, so we decided to give it a go and got bitten by the bug. The next year we grew more tomatoes as well as spuds and onions. We knew at that point that growing our own was something that we really enjoyed doing and felt proud that we were feeding our boys as organically as possible. So we got in touch with the council and got ourselves on the waiting list for an allotment. From there, our garden was overtaken with raised bed kits, plants pots of all shapes and sizes as well as anything we could grow spuds in. In early spring this year, we got lucky with an 8x8ft greenhouse on freecycle
After nearly 3 years on the waiting list, I finally had the call last week, offering me an allotment. Ideally we would have liked to be on one of the busier sites a little closer to home, but you take what you can get right? Our allotment is about 2.5 miles away, one of just 2 allotments on the site and 170 sq mt. We get the key on 1st Dec and I am beyond excited. It's taking all my willpower to not go to the garden centre!
From what we could tell from gazing longingly over the fence, neither patch is overgrown (since we are unsure which of the 2 is ours), but both have some crops that haven't been harvested or dug up yet (like sweetcorn). I can't wait to get in there, see what kind of soil we have, do some general tidying up and hopefully getting some overwinter seeds & sets in, even if it is just a tiny patch!
I guess I had better start a "daydream" jar, as one day I would love some hens!
Comment