Allotment Update

Good news from the allotment.
I am almost finished three new rasied beds, I will hopefully have some potatoes and other veg in there soon!
Once complete it will bring my growing area upto 6 beds...all pretty small beer when compared to some of the established plots.
But, now have got strawberries, onions and broad beans in the first 3.
I'm using the free (on 30 day trial) planning tool at www.growveg.com is very easy to use, just a case of drag and drop - and it shows you plants to put together, and a schedule of what to plant, harvest etc...

End of last summer, which is when I took over the plot, it was just weeds, and bramble, oh and rubbish, rubble etc. So once the blackberries were picked, I cut back all the brambles to give space for a shed - still not got a shed, but is on the way.

Space near windows is being taken up with seed trays, for tomoato, pepper and sweetcorn - so hopefully will get these planted out in a month or so.



Have made a couple of bins for holding horse manure - there is a local stables that is keen to get rid of it..plus the council makes deliveries once in a while...but, you need to be around for that otherwise it just goes...managed to get both bins filled, and so now am able to spread it around!!
Also have a big black composter, which was very unpopular at home, so is now relocated and is doing a good job of making something fertile out of our household waste, coffee grounds, tea bags, veg peelings, fruit cores etc.. the nice black compost will go over the new beds too.