Tweet
We got our allotment in late July last year and got it from this:
To this (along with the slave workforce)
After a nightmare few months we managed to get back this weekend and clear the majority of the rest, pull out the larger weeds and start thinking about what we'll grow.
I think we'll set up some raised beds at the back of the plot (we have a couple of Link-A-Board beds in the garden which we'll take down, and the kids old turtle sandpit which I'm going to cut the bottom out of for them to grow what they want), along with a storage chest (not allowed a shed as it's a 1/2 plot and the other 1/2 already has one) and old black plastic composter. The rest we'll probably just plant in rows (using Fothergills online planner at the moment to map it out).
There's not a lot in terms of established plants apart from the rhubarb, 3 strawberry plants and a few raspberry canes (not sure whether to keep the strawbs/rasps as they're not really where I want them). Going to keep the rhubarb as is, raspberrys I may keep and move while dormant later in the year.
Read through 'The Essential Allotment Guide' on the train this week, so raring to go again...
The bit I cleared last year has a thin covering of a vine like weed with little, pretty blue flowers on it, not sure whether I'll need to dig out or just hoe, or go chemical...
To this (along with the slave workforce)
After a nightmare few months we managed to get back this weekend and clear the majority of the rest, pull out the larger weeds and start thinking about what we'll grow.
I think we'll set up some raised beds at the back of the plot (we have a couple of Link-A-Board beds in the garden which we'll take down, and the kids old turtle sandpit which I'm going to cut the bottom out of for them to grow what they want), along with a storage chest (not allowed a shed as it's a 1/2 plot and the other 1/2 already has one) and old black plastic composter. The rest we'll probably just plant in rows (using Fothergills online planner at the moment to map it out).
There's not a lot in terms of established plants apart from the rhubarb, 3 strawberry plants and a few raspberry canes (not sure whether to keep the strawbs/rasps as they're not really where I want them). Going to keep the rhubarb as is, raspberrys I may keep and move while dormant later in the year.
Read through 'The Essential Allotment Guide' on the train this week, so raring to go again...
The bit I cleared last year has a thin covering of a vine like weed with little, pretty blue flowers on it, not sure whether I'll need to dig out or just hoe, or go chemical...
Comment