[Paul Plots]

OH and I put up our new shed on Friday. Delivery driver told us that it would take an hour!   He must be a comedian as 4 hours later we finally got it wind and weather tight and OH had to spend yesterday morning finishing it off.   Now all I need to do is install the kettle and mini bar!

We must be on our 10th trip to the tip with the remnants of the old shed. Woodworm finally got the old dear (the shed that is!).

The ground is still too wet to touch but I covered part of the plot in black membrane to try to dry it off a bit.  Getting impatient to start digging but am at least few weeks off that I think.

A lovely morning this morning so it looks like I'll be re- laying the path with black membrane and bark after nearly breaking my neck slipping on the old one.

GG

You are certainly making good use of your time when little else can be done. 

[TheSpartacat]

All my leeks have popped up in their seed tray- so they're gone into the cold frame.
Started some annual flower seeds in pots for the lotty.
Turned my compost heap at home...
... made a flask of coffee... and am off to tackle my future spud bed with an azada :-)

[Nige2Plots]

Just had an hour up there. Way to wet to do anything. Made good use of the time though!I cleaned the greenhouse glass inside and out. It  is so much easier when the glass is already wet as the Algae comes of so much easier. Likewise with the condensation inside it's a doddle.

[spudkins]

I went to choose my first allotment today (choice of 2).  It is ankle deep in weeds but nothing that I can't handle.  Can't wait to get the keys from the council an get digging!

[MJS]

We have pulled up some pesky long rooted weeds, dug out a big pile of rubbish comprising of old carpet, rolled up unused turf, branches, wood, bricks, glass, soil and various lengths of wood. we now have a nice pile of useable wood, two buckets and a pop up rubbish bag of glass and other debris. A pile of wood and branches for a bonfire and a bin bag full of weeds. It was VERY muddy up there this weekend, but worth the effort in between the showers.

[Junie]

Hubby has the tractor out trying to pull out a tree stump in the middle of the plot!! 
Trunk out, now to try and get some of the roots out!
And then to dig where the tyres have been!  ho hum

[Rich]

Digging potato beds, very heavy, wet, slow going.

[Kimberley04]

I was very proud of myself and my other half today.  We cleared all the areas by our beds of weeds, put weed membrane down, and then covered it with a big healthy helping of chippings (supplied for free to the allotment!!)

[Lardman]

Far too wet here to do anything outside.

Made 70 3/4inch diameter pots each 6inch long filled them with MP compost (easier to say than do) and put some of last years parsnip seeds in them.

Anyone fancy a sweep-stake on how many actually germinate ?

[weirdsowing]

My husband and I stared on the base of our new green house a romantic joint Valentines gift. Rain stopped play again.

[Paul Plots]

At the rate our weather is going I'll be searching for water-cress seeds.  :blink: Another day without even thinking of escaping to the plot. Too wet.

[Bing]

nearly finished digging my half plot, got really scared while digging an area where the old compost was situated. there were three little snake alike thing came out of the soil!!!

I used  a stick picked them up and put them in a container...later found out they are slow worms....


In the United Kingdom the slow worm has been granted protected status, alongside all other native British reptile species. The slow worm has been decreasing in numbers, and under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it is illegal to intentionally kill, injure, sell or advertise to sell them.

I dropped them into the new compost....

[MoreWhisky]

Just a quick trip to harvest  purple sprouting for sunday dinner, Rudolph variety this yr and its yummy.

[Paul Plots]

nearly finished digging my half plot, got really scared while digging an area where the old compost was situated. there were three little snake alike thing came out of the soil!!!

I used  a stick picked them up and put them in a container...later found out they are slow worms....


In the United Kingdom the slow worm has been granted protected status, alongside all other native British reptile species. The slow worm has been decreasing in numbers, and under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it is illegal to intentionally kill, injure, sell or advertise to sell them.

I dropped them into the new compost....

You lucky thing!! I'd love to have slow worms on my plot. I haven't seen one for years. As I guess you know they are completely harmless and eat all sorts of pests.

With care you can pick them up - they won't jump, bite, do anything nasty, sudden or unexpected. 

[richy]

I was moving rubbish on my new plot the end of last year and got bitten on my finger by a grass snake, it was only small but i still  nearly messed myself.