Hi all, I haven't been on here for while I have been very busy. The Allotment has come on since I was last on here. Lets recap, took over the plot just after Christmas. We inhertited a load of weeds and some sprouts.
We quickly got stuck in and very soon we had it cleared. We started some seeds off at home but these were not successful. Decided to buy the plants that were needed, the allotment shop was selling them very cheap. From April onwards we started to plant up the different beds. Started with Parsnips and Carrots, then we put in peas and very soon after we put in the spuds. Now remember this is our first year of having an allotment and was not too sure how to do the spuds but we got there in the end and they are coming up very nicely too.
Things were starting to gather pace now. We had planted runner beans, cabbages, sprouts, cauliflowers, lettiuce and had started seedlings of tomatoes, sweet peppers and cucumbers not forgeting the onions and beetroots.
The raspberries that were on the plot are doing well and we have added strawberries to them.
I did have quite a lot of Parsnips so I thinned them out and transplanted them in to another bed, told my husband what I had done and asked him if he could go down and water the plot while I was at work and while the hot weather was on. Guess what, he thought my Parsnips were weeds so they didn't get watered, I don't have a lot of Parsnips now!!
All is well on the plot now so the next step was to put up a shed so we would have somewhere to store the tools and to shelter from the weather. This was fun (I don't think so) Delivery man couldn't find us so the shed was late being delivered.
My husband and son started to put the shed together. Guess what no drilled holes in the battens so the screws wouldn't go into the wood, allotment manager had a cordless drill so he lent us that and very soon the shed was beginning to look like a shed.
Come to put the roof on only to find that they had put one of the side panels on upside down. (only a man can do this). Anyway this blog is going on bit so lets get to the end. The shed is now up just needs protecting from the weather.
What a busy few months but its been worth it.
