Author Topic: practice pictures of my allotment (Read 4299 times)

vee · « **on:** November 17, 2006, 01:10:41 »

Just trying to post some pictures of before and two years after. Fingers crossed...

when I started in oct 2004 and

this September.

Hope this works

vee · « **Reply #1 on:** November 17, 2006, 01:13:40 »

oooh it works!! :D

I thought it would just show the link and not the actual photo - I'm sooo chuffed.
Off to bed as I've been faffing around with this for ages and didn't realise how late it was!

southernsteve · « **Reply #2 on:** November 17, 2006, 01:32:28 »

Lovely pics. With a view like that I doubt if I'd ever get anything done. Must be great to sit there on a summers afternoon with a cold drink.

Steve

ruffmeister · « **Reply #3 on:** November 17, 2006, 08:17:14 »

what views!!!! :o you will never ever be disheartened there!!!!

supersprout · « **Reply #4 on:** November 17, 2006, 09:23:43 »

how beautiful vee! wooded slopes and established trees ... a real bit of heaven :D
more pics please! ;D

dandelion · « **Reply #5 on:** November 17, 2006, 09:34:36 »

WOW Great location! (nice lotty too ;))

tim · « **Reply #6 on:** November 17, 2006, 09:50:07 »

These & other b&a photos should be in the Wiki to show what determination & perseverance can achieve.

manicscousers · « **Reply #7 on:** November 17, 2006, 10:02:10 »

what a wonderful place to sit with a cuppa after doin' a bit :)

Emagggie · « **Reply #8 on:** November 17, 2006, 10:14:29 »

Looks like a special place to me. :D

vee · « **Reply #9 on:** November 17, 2006, 13:39:20 »

Yes it is a nice place to sit (and I do quite a lot of sitting with a flask of coffee ;)).

All the bricks were already there under the brambles and weeds, but I have left them as it would be just too much work to start digging them up, but I have put in the raised beds with wooden edges after chopping down some self sown willows. This is of the brambles when I got the plot in Oct 2004

and this is of this June

When I've got disheartened I just look at the photos I took at the beginning and it keeps me going.
I'm now reclaiming the area up the hill to the left behind where I was standing when I took the photos.
Thanks for your nice comments :)

supersprout · « **Reply #10 on:** November 17, 2006, 14:06:52 »

That June pic is idyllic vee, those look like proper old bricks around the edges, did you lug them all up there yourself? That brick path on the left is so picturesque! LOVE these photos, thank you!
<bigpatonbacksmiley>
:D

manicscousers · « **Reply #11 on:** November 17, 2006, 14:17:33 »

and you get all your leafmould delivered via your trees :)

RobinOfTheHood · « **Reply #12 on:** November 17, 2006, 14:29:18 »

That looks fantastic! :)

Well done you! ;D

vee · « **Reply #13 on:** November 17, 2006, 15:14:43 »

The bricks were already there SS, I just uncovered them. I think in the past there may have been a large greenhouse further up my plot but only the outline remains. One of the people on our site said he had found enough bricks to build a house!

teresa · « **Reply #14 on:** November 17, 2006, 16:07:23 »

Oh Vee beautiful a little piece of heaven with rolling hills, and a beautiful lottie lot of hard work gone in there. Just love the bricks.

vee · « **Reply #15 on:** November 17, 2006, 17:03:59 »

I forgot to say how much help and encouragement I've got from this website.
I don't think I would have done as much without coming on here and reading all the advice and enthusiasm that you have all given me. It really has kept me going.
Thank you all very much.

triffid · « **Reply #16 on:** November 17, 2006, 17:12:01 »

Thank you for sharing this -- what a cheering vision on this dark, dreek day!

And what a view!

:)

cornykev · « **Reply #17 on:** November 17, 2006, 18:28:40 »

:) :) Looks like heaven a few cans of stella with feet up lovely looks like a plot in Spain with them views, and the bricks just set it of in the other picture give yourself a pat on the back and go to the top of the class.
P.S you sure that is in the north west. lol ;D ;D ;D

May the corn be with you.

lorna · « **Reply #18 on:** November 17, 2006, 22:37:57 »

Vee. Fantastic, can't add much to what has already been said but thanks for sharing with us. You must be so proud.
Lorna.

redimp · « **Reply #19 on:** November 17, 2006, 23:21:20 »

Wow - wish my lotty had a setting like that - not that I am disatisfied with mine mind :)

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