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Thursday, 8 November 2012

Nice weather, barrow will have to wait

At last a bit of dry sunny weather so I am attacking the new overgrown allotment. It's very hard going with quite heavy wet soil and loads of bramble roots. However a couple of days has seen a fair start underway. And anothe huge pile of roots to burn when they dry out. I am having to use the azada to go down 18 inches to get all the root out. A very slow heavy job.




4 comments:

  1. That looks like a satisfying amount of work if you have a pile like that to show for it.

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  2. You are right Kerry, It is such a gruelling task that seeing the bramble pile grow steadily is a major spur to keep going.

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  3. I know how you feel. I'm just clearing a new plot which is smothered in Dandelions. Having to go 2 spits down into the sub-soil. 4 weeks and only half done so far.

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  4. Good luck with the dandelions Rooko, I'm hitting red clay subsoil most of the time and still the roots go down! I have worked out that I am covering around 1 ft of progress an hour. I have moved about 15 feet so far and have another 50 feet to go so a few weeks involved. Having said that I am in no rush as I have the other allotment under control for the Spring. ...

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