....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......