Once again dodging showers but managed to finish the middle bed ready for planting and make a start on digging over the last bed again.
This blog will attempt to document the progress as we tackle an allotment from scratch which has been totally neglected, 5 feet deep in thick brambles with much rubbish underneath. We are using recommended heavy hand tools which we have not used before and will be commenting on their effectiveness as we go. Finally we are trying to complete this without wrecking my bad back which has a history of dodgyness after a bout of disc prolapse!
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Friday, 20 April 2012
Thursday, 19 April 2012
More progress and a diversion for bad weather
Between the showers, I managed to put in 2 more rows of spuds, earth up the spuds in the main bed and put in a row of cabbage in the top bed which I decided to cloche to keep the pigeons off. Then it really started to rain so I resorted to DIY....
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Things are happening...
Not much to report for the last 2 weeks as I have been working away. However a trip to the allotmant this morning shows that things are starting to move now.
The first potatoes are up..... |
...the onion sets are sprouting... |
...the fruit trees are in leaf... |
...the grass seed is coming up fast under the trees.. |
and the rhubarb is growing strongly..... |
and I painted the shed green! |
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