[Allotmentgirl]

Only had an hour so planted Raspberry canes and alot of white onions - over ran and had to hurry home!

[Junie]

Had to rotovate the plot today as the tractor had compacted the soil despite it being quite dry.  But all tree trunk and all roots near tot he surface have been removed. Planted some Carrots, Spring Onions, Lambs lettuce and Kohl Rabi.

[grendel]

went to both plots today, did an hours digging on one, managed to get into the other as they have put another new lock (with the old key). and marked out some beds by raking over the top, they will need digging though, plan to take my pallets down later or tomorrow to finish my compost bins.
Grendel

[totalnovice]

Dug, Dug, Dug and Dug, oh yeah a bit more digging on top of that.
Sat and listened to the birds singing and the bees buzzing around. Watched the world go by for a bit, relaxed and reflected on how lucky i am to have access to a plot of really good rich soil to grow my family some lovley veggies and delicious fruit!

God i love my allotment - who needs therapy when you have a plot?

[totalnovice]

Oh yeah, and i volunteered to man the allotment shop for a couple of hours every so often, works out about once every 1 and a bit months!

[MJS]

Can't work up there today as we're off out in a bit. took the dogs up there for a walk and worked out the final bits and pieces needed for some fencing we're going to do. The dogs loved the smell of the manure piles along the way!

[mumofstig]

got up there to find that some nice man (ok an assumption it could have been a woman :blink: ) has rotovated my big bed for me. So all I had to do was fork over the last small bed.
Lifted the plastic, planted some sugarsnap peas and recovered

[andy135]

Replaced two cracked panels on the greenhouse, sowed 30 sprouts, 20 cauli's, 20 beetroots, 20 various lettuce, and 20 summer cabbage. sieved a 70ltr bag of potting compost as I'm too tight to pay for seed compost as well. The twiggy bits go on the beds.

[Paul Plots]

Got the bike out as.........it began to rain 

[grendel]

2nd trip to the plot - finished the pallet compost bin and dug over a 2m x 2m bed. back home and knackered worn out, I dont think I am used to all this hard work, must build up slowly. then I will be able to dig all day.
Grendel

[Nige2Plots]

Finished digging over the second plot and then planted the Grape Vines, I bought a few weeks ago. Then for the next two hours Committee stuff !!!!!!!!!

[andtiggertoo]

over the last two weeks I'm quite chuffed to have got the following done.

bought and treated scaffold planks, and made into a raised bed for fruit. Created frame for raspberries and nailed to raised bed. Planted 12 raspberry canes and 12 strawberries plants in new bed.

Moved tayberry to give it more room.

Planted 100 onion sets - 50 white, 50 red and 15 red sun shallots.

Ordered new shed and ecobase to go under it.  Gravedigger so sorry to hear about your polytunnel, reason for new shed is that my garden store bit the dust in the gales too.

Today have cleared area where new shed is going, flattened it and laid ecobase ( much easier than paving slabs). Shed is coming on Monday.

Pleased with progress as I only get to garden weekends and day off.

Spuds are chitting on window seat, can't wait to plant them out but it will be few weeks yet.

[Paul Plots]

Got the bike out as.........it began to rain 

A dozen spots later...... I think I might just risk it for a change of scenery

[Gravedigger]

Set off as it began to rain...oh well

Completed the 1st raised bed and filled it with soil ready for the 1st earlies to go in hopefully on the 16th

Erected cold frame as an inadequate replacement for the poly tunnel...thanks for all the sympathy everyone - it made me feel better

Thinking of adapting my dad's old shed by adding lots of windows....otherwise have lots of tomato, cucumber and courgette seeds going to waste

[WhiteWolf]

Built the ickle B&Q greenhouse in the garden, all but one panel that was being a so-n-so.  Will leave it for tonight or I'll lose it and take a hammer to it  , will finish it tomorrow.

Instructions say it will take two people half a day.......

Who they trying to kid??

WW