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..well we have been at it for a month now, just not had chance to post.
Anyway back to the begining, I have wanted an Allotment for the last 5 or 6 years but had strugguled to convince my Wife, so I waited and occasionally mentioned it. After an awesome summer of camping last year with out now 5 year old we where discussing, over Christmas how much we liked being outdoors and away from the house on the weekend and we where missing it during the winter.
So we decided to investigate the allotment idea, after some nay sayer and stories of 1000 year waiting lists I called the three sites closest to me. 2 had space, after spending a few weeks trying arrange viewing of them one site decided it was not available any more and the other was taken by someone who contacted them before us. The third site and the one my wife had said she would love to be on had a waiting list, so we put our name down and where asked to call back around Easter to see if anything had changed.
Well, at the end of January I got a call from them with the offer of the choice of two plots! a visit was quickly arranged for the next day and on arrival we where greeted with two very nice half plots, 9A was the one we went for.
After making the decision to removed the grass paths between beds I have spent the last 4 weekends getting very muddy and wet digging it up, removing Dandelions the size of a carrot and tidying enough plant pots to start a small nursery.
So here she is, we have hopefully got greenhouse on the way, so I spent today levelling out the area to the right of the water butts ready for it.
Next week is Rotavator time and then in with the spuds in the large bed up to the stakes.
Anyway back to the begining, I have wanted an Allotment for the last 5 or 6 years but had strugguled to convince my Wife, so I waited and occasionally mentioned it. After an awesome summer of camping last year with out now 5 year old we where discussing, over Christmas how much we liked being outdoors and away from the house on the weekend and we where missing it during the winter.
So we decided to investigate the allotment idea, after some nay sayer and stories of 1000 year waiting lists I called the three sites closest to me. 2 had space, after spending a few weeks trying arrange viewing of them one site decided it was not available any more and the other was taken by someone who contacted them before us. The third site and the one my wife had said she would love to be on had a waiting list, so we put our name down and where asked to call back around Easter to see if anything had changed.
Well, at the end of January I got a call from them with the offer of the choice of two plots! a visit was quickly arranged for the next day and on arrival we where greeted with two very nice half plots, 9A was the one we went for.
After making the decision to removed the grass paths between beds I have spent the last 4 weekends getting very muddy and wet digging it up, removing Dandelions the size of a carrot and tidying enough plant pots to start a small nursery.
So here she is, we have hopefully got greenhouse on the way, so I spent today levelling out the area to the right of the water butts ready for it.
Next week is Rotavator time and then in with the spuds in the large bed up to the stakes.
. I agree with Arpoet looks good already. You might want to post the pics on the calendar 2015 thread, that way you can measure your progress. It would also be useful to state your location so advice sought can be given whilst considering what part of the country your in.
I've moved your post to the "Introduce Yourself" section where more of us will see your post and say hello.
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