HI TO ALL YOU ALLOTMENTEERS OUT THERE IN GREEN FINGER LAND, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME GETTING SOME SIT DOWN TIME TO PUT THIS BLOG TOGETHER..........
WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE OUR FIRST LOOK AT OUR BIT OF LAND IT WAS A BIT DAUNTING TO SAY THE LEAST!!!
THE EIGHT NEW PLOTS WERE ALLOCATED BECAUSE OUR LOCAL COUNCIL WERE IN A GOOD MOOD AND EVEN HAD SOMEONE TO ROTAVATE THEM ( NOT SURE THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA). OUR LOTTIE IS IN A GOOD POSITION NEXT TO THE RAILWAY TRACK AND HIGH BANKING AT ONE SIDE SO A GOOD SHELTERED SITE, WE HAVE A HIGH AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE WHEN SHE DECIDES TO COME OUT....... OLD CD'S TAKE ON A NEW LIGHT IN THE SUNSHINE ....
THE NEXT STEP WAS TO FEEL THE MUCK ,WET AND MORE WET HEAVY CLAY STONY WHEN DRY, SO WE NEEDED LOTS OF COMPOST. TO ANYONE OUT THERE WHO MAY FIND THIS VERY DAUNTING TAKE MY ADVICE
1) DON'T LOOK AT THE PLOT AS A WHOLE...
2)BREAK IT UP INTO SECTIONS ON PAPER
3)LOOK IN EVERY SKIP YOU COME ACROSS KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND ASK, THEY CAN ONLY SAY BUGGER OFF!!!
4)FREECYCLE SITE IN YOUR LOCAL AREA WE GOT A COLD FRAME, WATER BUTT, WOOD, PAVING, HARD CORE FOR BASE OF SHED THE LIST IS NEVER ENDING..
5)PALLETS AND MORE PALLETS DIY STORES ALWAYS WANT RID JUST ASK.EVERYONE WAS WILLING TO HELP IN FINDING A SHED THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT COST A LOT £40 ( TO US THATS A LOT)!!!!!!
6) MILK CARTONS PLASTIC, TOILET ROLL TUBES, OLD CD'S PLASTIC BAGS, EGG SHELLS, OLD CARPET, CANES, BATHS,NEWSPAPER,USED VEG FRUIT PEELINGS......
7) THE MAIN THING IS THE SHED, DEFFO, SO WHEN IT RAINS YOU CAN SIT AND HAVE YOUR CUPPA AND SARNIE. SMALL CALOR GAS CAMPING STOVE A MUST MAKE A LIST JUST OF SHED ESSENTIALS......
8)RAISED BEDS ARE MUCH BETTER THAN LOOKING AT A HUGE MASS OF SOIL AND A SPADE IN YOUR HAND,THIS CAN BE A REAL PUT OFF. WE PUT A PALLET FENCE UP FIRST SO YOU HAVE THE BOUNDRY OF YOUR ALLOTMENT LEAVE PART OF IT OPEN SO YOU CAN CARRY THINGS IN AND OUT WHEN IT'S FINISHED YOU CAN PUT THE REST UP....
NO DON'T LAUGH OUR FIRST TWO NEW BORN .....RADDY AND ISHY
I HOPE THIS HAS GOT YOU
MOTIVATED AND NOT PUT YOU OFF THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT, SITTING ON YOUR BENCH ON A BALMY WARM EVENING SURVEYING YOUR HARD WORK WITH CUPPA IN HAND,FABULOUS!WATER BUTT MAKES A GOOD TINNIE COOLER TOO..........LOOK AT THOSE POTATOES ME THINKS I WILL HAVE TO GROW MINT NOW MMMMM.....
