Well! It's been a while. It has been quite quiet up on plot number 5 recently, not a lot going on so haven't written since the end of August. The shed is still coming on and Dan has made the potting table under the window and added some more wood to the inside. We are yet to put up the hooks and other shelves as we are waiting to source more recycled wood. As you can see the potting table comes in handy. We have some chairs in the shed, which again are recycled from a neighbour who was just going to throw them away. Good for when you need a sit down after all that digging and weeding. All we need now is to get the kettle and stove up here. Noticed that we seem to have a bit of a red theme going on, not intentional.
The tools that Dad gave us are really good and the spade has made it easy to dig the ground. Both Dan and I have had a go with it and even Jack tried to dig with it, although it was a little big for him. The beds are looking good now and it is just a matter of keeping the weeds down until we are ready to plant some things. We have covered some of the beds and will probably cover the others as well soon.
We thinned out our strawberry plants and found out that we have two varieties, one of which is an alpine. The raspberries are still producing and doing well. There are also a few blackberries left.
We have put in some new posts along the fence to reinforce it. Think we will add a line of wire In between them to prevent people from climbing over. Dan said he is going to electrify it, that'll stop any drunks hopping over to help themselves on a Summer evening next year.
These lovely cows are in the field next to our allotment and we hope to utilise their poo. The farmer kindly gives our allotment the manure, we all pay £5.00 for the year and he donates this to a charity. Last year it was the Devon air ambulance.
So the next couple of months will just be spent keeping the plot tidy. We want to make a new compost bin as the other one has rotted. We have a small patch that we still need to clear and dig and of course there is the on going shed project. See you all soon.
