Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: gavinjconway on May 30, 2012, 23:26
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I went to the plot on Monday morning to water as I was away for the weekend and found out the committee is inspecting/judging for best plot on Saturday... Eeeeeks... needed to get everything top top and weeded etc.. I didn't know this competition existed!!
So I took the last 3 afternoons off (the joys of working from home) and got stuck in.. Weeded, prepared more beds, planted lettuce, tomatoes, leeks, cabbage, gemsquash and baby corn. Also wood-chipped the berry bushes and removed loads of marestail.. Weeded all the beds and watered the whole plot. Even washed the pathways.
Been a huge rushed job but now is ready.. BTW i'm not into winning the trophy but it would be good.. Now my back aches..
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That looks as close to perfection as you could possobly get - Good Luck Gavin
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That looks pretty good Gavin 8) I remember the pics of when you took the plot on. Great transformation :)
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Just read through your blog. That's one hell of a transformation. Stunning job :)
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very impressive! :)
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Im sorry Gavin - you can't possibly win, your wheelie bin is 2 inches to the left of centre. :lol:
Keep the pictures coming over the growing season, there's something deeply satisfying about symmetrical beds of veg planted in uniformed and ordered rows.
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That is truly amazing Gavin. It is what I aspire to but have never yet got there.
:D :D.
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Well done Gavin and good luck for this weekend.
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Gavin - great effort!! i'm opposite you on the other side (Knowsley Road) and was just thinking how good it was all looking last night...amazed to see it on here today!!!
Well done!!!
"working from home" hahaha...
Can you post url for your blog please?
CheshirePhill
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Gavin - great effort!! i'm opposite you on the other side (Knowsley Road) and was just thinking how good it was all looking last night...amazed to see it on here today!!!
Well done!!!
"working from home" hahaha...
Can you post url for your blog please?
CheshirePhill
Hi Phill - its against site rules - I just sent you a pm..
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Thanks for all the comments.. I have really enjoyed getting the mess sorted out and the digging... Now to enjoy weeding and eating my range of veg!!
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That looks amazing, far better than mine! :lol:
Good luck - it does seem very early in the year to be judging. I won't be planting out until next week at the start of June.
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Gavin:
Great work!!
Similar to mine when I took over....though I CBA to do the blogging and progress photos that you have - well done!
I have waved to you a few times, with your yellow wellies on, laughing now, cos your photo has my car and me in the background...haha!!
I'll pop over for a chat soon, when it stops raining, will be there a lot from Sat pm, and off all week next week, yahoo!!!
Cheers,
Phill
P.S. Good luck Sat - we don't have a society etc. on "our side" is it still Stanley as Pres?
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That looks amazing, far better than mine! :lol:
Good luck - it does seem very early in the year to be judging. I won't be planting out until next week at the start of June.
I heard from the previous chairman that it was always end of June...
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What a wonderful looking plot,just shows how much work you have put in to it,Can't imagine what another plot must be like if your's doesn't win. Do they have a newcomers competition?I've got next week off but I don't think mine will look like that by the end of the week. :(
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I believe its called the best kept allotment but it's so early in the season and it's my first year there so I dont really know.. will just wait and see.
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Bit of a shoddy job there Gavin. How do you expect it to even get a second glance when you have clearly failed to point the slabs on your path ::)
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Hey Kergan... Gotta leave some space for the weeds to grow!! also mortar costs money and I generally only do FREE... almost anyway..
The only costs involved with the plot for infrastructure are £60 shed, £10 for some flags, £10 for scaffold planks, £20 for GH window vent, £10 Screws nails etc. and £35 garden tools. Total £145 8)
Everything else has been from skips (I always ask) or been donated by knocking on and asking when stuff is seen to be unused.. e.g. Building sites for security panels and timber etc..
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Gutted... :( only got a 3rd... but the winner is my neighbour and all her veg is really growin well and looks good. She was lucky - got her planting done in a 2 week hot period before the cold spell.. But I'm not bothered as I'm not in it for the trophy as I only found out 4 days before judging that the competition existed!!
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Gutted... :( only got a 3rd... but the winner is my neighbour and all her veg is really growin well and looks good. She was lucky - got her planting done in a 2 week hot period before the cold spell.. But I'm not bothered as I'm not in it for the trophy as I only found out 4 days before judging that the competition existed!!
Well done! That's a great result! :D
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I know - Its much more that I expected as a newbie!!
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That's a very good result,well done.
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if that was my plot gavin i think the prize of visiting it would be enough to keep me happy ,
well done on being third
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Yep - I agree... I sit for ages planning and thinking and willing the plants on to maturity whilst having a coke and crisps!!
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Your plot looks fantastic and well done on the 'Third'
I must admit it does seem a little early for allotment judging but each site have different ways of doing things.
To do it this early means that you can see the overall state of the plots without it being hidden under loads of veg and fruit (If you are lucky)
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Well done Gavin. 3rd is no mean feat especially as its your first year.
Here's to a first in 2013 :)