Newby with new allotment

[Coopes]

Hi all newby here, just got our new allotment, been very busy digging and weeding, I will post pics when I can work out how to do it.

[Coopes]

Allotment Pics

I have now added some pics from our allotment, from day one to present day,

[SarzWix]

Welcome to the Vine Coopes
We love piccies of other people's plots - some might say we're nosey, but we prefer 'interested'


ETA; Just had a look at you pics, it's looks fab, you've put a lot of work in there! And the soil looks good too. I really like that big greenhouse

[Coopes]

Thanks Sarah
It took a lot of work, we have had the allotment about 3 weeks now I dug it over and weeded it all at once. There was a lot of bindweed in there tried to get most out but it's almost imposable. We have now started planting, we have strawberrys, raspberry, potatoes, and onion sets. lots of seeds in our home greenhouse because there is quite a bit of glassout of the one on the allotment, that will have to be a job in progress

[SarzWix]

We have a bit of bindweed on our plot, but horsetail is our big problem. I tried sieving it out of one bed and it still popped up again in a few months! So now I just wage war with the hoe - no plant can survive forever if it's head keeps getting chopped off

[FionaH]

It looks wonderful

[jacob marley]

.our plot, but .can survive forever if it's head keeps getting chopped off

It will still be there when you are long gone....jacob

[Pickle]

I can't see any pictures. Where should I be looking?

[Norburger]

you need to click on the public profile.

[SarzWix]

I can't see any pictures. Where should I be looking?

Click on Coope's name and a little list drops down, click on 'View Public Profile'. Once there, on the right hand side you can view the photo album.

[Eco-Chic]

OMG you did all that in 3 weeks?
That is so impressive. The greenhouse is to die for (she mutters enviously).

[Coopes]

Hi Eco, I have plenty of time on my hands at the moment, lost my job in Jan, so I needed something to do.Originally I was just digging it over for a friend, he the decided he didn't want it so I took it over. the greenhouse is partly finished there is just the three pieces of glass on the lefthand roof to sort out, it is useable on the righthand side so will have toms and cucumber in there this year.
we are also going to scrape all the peeling paint off it this winter and give it a fresh coat.

[Eco-Chic]

I'm sorry to hear you lost your job Coopes.
You've done marvels with your lottie though and I hope all your hard work is repaid with a bumper harvest.

[MrsC]

Wow, nice pics of your lottie. That greenhouse is huge (very jealous). Well done for all the hard work!!!!

[Epsom Gardener]

Jealous of the Greenhouse and Man that must have taken some hard yakka digging all that over