A lot of allotment
Caroline (not me I hasten to add) has had her name down for an allotment for a while with a couple of groups. The guy at Beighton rang on Monday and offered her either a half-plot or a full plot. We had a drive down and decided on the full plot because it has buildings on-site and they’re needed to assist with the collection of rainwater (there’s no water on site otherwise).
This is the allotment as we got it. The greenhouse is behind me – you can see the apple trees and the weeds. I’ll post another picture when we’ve finished weeding!
This link (hopefully to google maps – just tested – it works) shows where the allotments are. Ours is at the south end of the site (i.e. the bottom of the area), about four in from the main road.
We spent a couple of hours weeding and tidying up yesterday in a pretty-much packed day. So, as well as working on the rc boat and playing with Woodhouse Band at St Lukes Hospice Summer Fair, I got to find some muscles I hdan’t used for a while. They’ll be the weeding muscles.
I now know more about crop rotation in small plots than I did yesterday morning. Lime after potatoes and plant brassicas. I’d better start off a new bookmark category…
As for the boat, last week I cut out the window apetures and you can see now where it’s going…
Also, I got this image whilst at St Lukes. The garden there is beautiful – lots of running water and very restful, no doubt giving the people there something pleasant to reflect upon. I liked the frog…
