"Every man needs a shed"

I have an urge to get a shed. It feels like more than an urge, it feels like a desire. A place where I can hide my secret obsession to have plant pots of all sizes. Somewhere to house my deck chair. I want to own one. I want to become a fully fledged Allotmenteer.

Oh yes, sod the weeding, tarpaulin the ground, level me some earth, I am getting a shed x

RHS Wisleys' allotment

Just returned from RHS Wisley garden. Fantastic day. I would recommend checking it out, the size of the place makes my allotment look like a pixel on a postage stamp!!

See below the photo's of their allotment;

as you can see, something to aspire to....bring it on!!

The sun has got its hat on....

I have found the author of "Minding my Peas and Cucumbers".....Kay Sexton.

Off to the RHS Garden Wisley today to gain some inspiration, a talk about sustainable gardening. It is a lovely day and I know I should make an effort to go up to myAllotment but I am in no rush. Do you remember the story of the Hare and the Tortoise.......

Day 1 part 2...

As you can see some of beds have been dug over. The reason for the rest not having been done is down to boredom! I am gardener by trade so turning over all these beds in one go is not something I wished to do....

In one of the many books my mother sent me was one called "Minding my Peas and cucumbers" which typically I cannot find now to tell you who the author is. However, within its pages it is suggested that before I plant anything I wish to later eat I should plant some mustard seed. You allow the mustard to get to about 8 inches and then dig it in. This will, apparently, improve the nutrients in the soil increasing the chances of a good yield.

I have now done this on the 2 beds that have been turned over, liberally "dispersing" seed so the ground was covered evenly. I await the results with anticipation....

Day 1

Follow the Link below to see my plot and the task ahead....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihQL4zWyhO4&feature=g-upl&context=G2276987AUAAAAAAAAAA

....then I shall begin;

Well here I am. 


Day 1 of myAllotment and myAllotment blog.


I recently decided to apply for an allotment, thinking I would be waiting at least a year to get my hands on a piece of these sacred grounds. I managed it in only 2 months.
           Great you may say, should be glad, "I would love that". Well yes, yes and yes but now I actually have to DO something with this piece of land! 


3 poles I was offered. Yes I was clueless too as to how much a pole is. I can tell you now that 1 pole = 5x5 meters. So I have 75sqm of ground to call my own!!


I personally think that is the best bit!! Having recently been "removed" from my rental house for the landlords soon-to-be married son, I was cursing the fact I have nowhere to call my own. Then up pops 3 poles of weed strewn, stony land that for 21.60 a year (I know I can't believe how cheap it is either), I have somewhere that I can call my own!! 
Now what to do with this ?? I have a desire to grow something. Not sure what. Not sure how. 


So I tell my mother of this great excitement in my life and mum being mum soon sends me enough allotment manuals to fill a good sized compost bin. (Not where they ended up Mum). Then I receive seeds, seed name tags, seed storage packets and finally, to celebrate, some elderflower presse!!  Right, must make something of this then. Can't just let it wilt like all my other great ideas. So I decided to offer my mother a plot of land on my allotment for both of us to plant on. 
I should probably tell you my mother lives in the US of A and so our time together is limited. This would be something we could "do" together. Hence the Blog. 
Having written this intro. I am aware that my mother will probably be the only person reading this, so "Hi Mum" 


Now enough rambling on, off to "my place" for some garden r&r......