"Really!! Is that it..."

The sum total of my, oh so productive (!!), allotment year...

as you can see, on a plot of 3 poles (75m2) I had a lot of space left for my bonfire..

Making use of the useless...

I was lucky, or unlucky depending on your view, to have been paid to get rid of a lot of old wood. Being as I was unable to dispose of this wood I took it up to myAllotment. As you can see I have put it to good use...

bench, coffee, bonfire, bliss

Back again!!

Hello people!

I apologise for having let my blog go unattended for so long. I have had a busy gardening year and haven't spent as much time up myallotment than I would have liked, but I AM BACK.....

NEWS FLASH ---PUMPKIN CAM UPDATE-----NEWS FLASH

Where once was a pumpkin.

"If you didn't see it the first time, here's a close up..."

"We appear to have lost picture with Pumpkin Cam at the moment ladies and gentleman, I believe it is due to technical difficulties.... wait a moment.....

Pumpkin Cam 1

P C 2

Jakes pumpkin, he grew in class, now planted. Watered well, raised slightly from the ground ,as it can become water logged, then mulched. I used some of my more rotted compost and laid a 'straw type' barricade. Advice taken from plot 6 I believe x

'Home Sweet Home'

Aaah, its good to be back. Weeds and all!!

Just the one simple job today, turning the compost heap...

Half way

Finished

I chopped each fork full of compost up into smaller pieces to aid with decomposition. Turning the heap also creates pockets of air within the compost, aiding decomposition.

now just to wait a few months...x

Gardeners World Live 2012

 As you can see the cat wanted to come as well...

The Monty Don on stage....

Monty at the 'meet and greet'...

MontynotsoDon showing his intentions....

....oh, alright Carol, you can stay...

West Mills Allotment

On Sunday I was cajoled out of bed to work for a lady called Sally, who has recently taken on a plot at West Mills Allotment. She is situated about 10 metres from the canal and gets most of her sunlight after 1pm:

Sally, on the left, deciding where to start... 

Sally is going to grow a range of different cut flowers.

SALLYS TIP OF THE DAY

When you pick your potatoes eat them within 2 hours. They taste their best then and you only need to cook them for 8 minutes

I was asked to lay a base for her shed which was arriving at 7.30 the next morning.

Materials Used (based on an 8ft x 6ft shed):

450mm x 450mm slabs

14 bags of sharp sand

2 bags of building sand

ask for "3 x 4.2m 4'"x 1" treated timber"

Screws

2x spirit levels

Rubber mallet

Sunny day (not included)

Voila, 4 gruelling days later....

I will continue this another time, good night x