Allotment Gardens
Journals-
Well I’ve been on the plot 21 days today! Since last week my new neighbour has arrived, my good pal Bill, much to my pleasure. We have agreed to collaborate on all the major work; building, fencing etc. We will pool our knowledge and resources, such as they are. It’s great having a ne...
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Caution - tree felling in progress!
My first day’s work on the allotment! The offending spruce tree is no more – as you’ll see from the photos it’s been turned into mulch for the newly created path to the back of the plot. No progress on the ground clearance yet, but I have installed a compost bin, dug out a...
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Finally, the long-awaited phone call arrives… the previous tenant of my plot has finished clearing out his stuff and the plot is officially mine as of today. It looks more than a bit different! Thankfully, the outgoing tenant has dug up and taken away the rose bushes – the bad news is...
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We dug this out as we were concerned it may be a weed, it has slighty furry leaves
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We took over an allotment and we don’t know if this should be here, or if it is a weed? sorry i know its not a good picture, cameraphones dont like low light
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I’ve demolished the old rotten fence and cleared the way for the rest of my new fence. I will need another 24 fence posts to complete the job, which I will buy at the end of the month. I’ve been digging out an old compost heap, which is in the way, and storing the soil for use in my r...
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