[Chrysalis]

Pulled a muscle  sorting the last potato bag - removing spuds and soil for a refit.... harvested carrots, beetroot and useless turnips    Planted spring cabbages out and protected with new mesh    lovely weather though!

[daybreak]

Full 8 hours of clearing (Again) yesterday, mine is one of the largest plots on site and it is entirely covered in carpet, under the carpet is lino? and on top of the carpet is a couple of inches of soil with sturdy weed growth. I never ever want to see a carpet again!!

Got a nice space now for shelter and tea breaks though and as I was say yesterday admiring all my hard work a pheasant wandered onto the plot, not noticing me she spent sometime a short distance from me just picking over the freshly dug areas.

One question - how do you do rubbish removal?

No idea to be honest! I have a huge pile now in one corner, it is the allotment society meet in a couple of weeks so I am going to ask if they get a skip on site for general use. If I have to pay for a skip I am going to really struggle (I am a carer for my disabled son). If all else fails I will have to take it bit by bit to the local dumpit site.

I wish you luck with the skip.

(£55 a week carer allowance doesn't go far does it!)

You a carer as well? no it doesn't go far, it is only Tuesday and I've got £10 left I hoping the allotment can feed us next year!!

[Paul Plots]

I didn't get there again!! 

(£55 before tax don't forget daybreak!)

[gavinjconway]

Just sprayed my whole plot with extra strong Roundup weedkiller... it was left in a heck of a state and not used for a few years!! Now to watch the weeds die whilst I continue to remove the dogwood and other hedging plants.. 

[jmc1949]

Put down some small flags to use as stepping stones until I sort out the paths. It's extremely wet on my plot.

[gavinjconway]

ditto - mine too so i put a few scattered from the gate to the shed so i can get my wellies on!!

[mumofstig]

I've moved the dalek and I've started to dig over the unused corner that it was in. It will give me another bed about 6 x 5ft - eventually.
The ground there is full of bindweed roots, so will take a lot of clearing

We had a couple of hours of sun, so it was quite nice to be up the plot and have a chat as well

[shoozie]

Too dark to do anything now after work 

[Bodmass]

Popped along for an hour & a half on my first ever day on an allotment & cleared a 3m sq patch.  Back tomorrow to extend the cleared patch to 4.5x3m in the hope of getting something in the ground before I have to start preparing the rest for spring.

Feeling inordinately pleased with myself 

[gavinjconway]

Well done bodmas... keep at it a little at a time and you will soon get it all done.

[DigIt]

Based on the forecast, yesterday was glasshouse day.

So it was cleared and cleaned and looks in tip top condition.
the halo is now pinching. 

Also, split and repotted the French Tarragon, I now have 8 plants instead of 3. 
Also potted on a sage plant (recently purchased) with a view to planting it out next spring now.

[kosh42|EFG]

Went down before work to water the poly tunnel (salad growing well) and checked the onions and garlic (onions are sprouting well, still no sign of the garlic).

Kosh

[DigIt]

Popped along for an hour & a half on my first ever day on an allotment & cleared a 3m sq patch.  Back tomorrow to extend the cleared patch to 4.5x3m in the hope of getting something in the ground before I have to start preparing the rest for spring.

Feeling inordinately pleased with myself 

A great feeling!

[grendel]

Garlic arrived today -ready for planting up at the weekend.
Grendel

[Vit]

Garlic arrived today -ready for planting up at the weekend.
Grendel

  10 kilo already in, another 10 will go on weekend