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Hi all just thought it would be nice to show how we have got on in our very first week as newbie allotementeers!
Here's what it looked like last Monday before we started work as you can see we had to deal with 5ft high nettles that just seem to get bigger day by day!
Here's another shot of our plot it's 75ft x 40ft and has been unloved for many years, you can just see our new 'neighbour' Ray's plot which is pretty tidy and almost 3 in 1 although there are 3 of them tending to it!
This shows you the progress we have make in a week, we have done everything by hand and I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see them myself just how big nettles roots grow there are just monsters!
This next shot shows our first bed it's 32ft x 15ft just got to dig it over a few times more and away we go.
As you can see from the pictures it's not the greatest plot on site in fact I think the guy in charge look at us and thought they're young'uns and can cope with the work involve although others have told us that the guy should have given us a far better plot as there are plenty free.
Our plot is sloping and has a couple of trees down one side that makes the soil very dry along that edge although the rest of the plot is quite moist and right down at the bottom of our plot it gets waterlogged in winter or when it rains heavy like last year so we are going to burn our stuff down there and leave it to nature after that.
Sadly the work down at the alloment it a little too much for Bob so I now have to retire my loyal friend 'The Whip' But Bob does do a fine job at clearing the tops for me and keeps me company although I'm sure he's just making sure I don't run off with the lovely guys down at the alloments! Hel.xxx.
Here's what it looked like last Monday before we started work as you can see we had to deal with 5ft high nettles that just seem to get bigger day by day!
Here's another shot of our plot it's 75ft x 40ft and has been unloved for many years, you can just see our new 'neighbour' Ray's plot which is pretty tidy and almost 3 in 1 although there are 3 of them tending to it!
This shows you the progress we have make in a week, we have done everything by hand and I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see them myself just how big nettles roots grow there are just monsters!
This next shot shows our first bed it's 32ft x 15ft just got to dig it over a few times more and away we go.
As you can see from the pictures it's not the greatest plot on site in fact I think the guy in charge look at us and thought they're young'uns and can cope with the work involve although others have told us that the guy should have given us a far better plot as there are plenty free.
Our plot is sloping and has a couple of trees down one side that makes the soil very dry along that edge although the rest of the plot is quite moist and right down at the bottom of our plot it gets waterlogged in winter or when it rains heavy like last year so we are going to burn our stuff down there and leave it to nature after that.
Sadly the work down at the alloment it a little too much for Bob so I now have to retire my loyal friend 'The Whip' But Bob does do a fine job at clearing the tops for me and keeps me company although I'm sure he's just making sure I don't run off with the lovely guys down at the alloments! Hel.xxx.
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