Topic: Allotments in winter

[Garden Manager]

...Or at least how they should look like in winter!

These are of my local site, but i dont own a plot here (if you look at the slope you wont blame me!), as i have my own (much flatter) veg plot in the garden at home.

I took these coming back from a walk i went on, on my birthday back in December - on one of the few frosty days we have had here this winter.

I hope you like them.


Looking west


Looking east


On the road just outside, looking towards home! (behind the trees)


The allotments from the road

If you have trouble with the photos, here are the links to them:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/richardfiler/Other%20Photos/DSCF5074.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/richardfiler/Other%20Photos/DSCF5077.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/richardfiler/Other%20Photos/DSCF5079.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/richardfiler/Other%20Photos/DSCF5080.jpg

[tim]

Please don't look at mine!!

[supersprout]

It's a lovely sight GC, part of the 'marginal' landscape, thanks for the pictures :)

[Garden Manager]

Thanks.

Tim: what do you mean? Your photos in general or your veg plot? Didnt think you had posted any 'plot' pictures recently? Of course i would give any pictures you posted due attention and respect.

Supersprout: 'Marginal Landscape'? I doubt your fellow lotties would see their allotments as  a 'marginal landscape'! What did you mean by that comment?

[supersprout]

lol
not quite country ... not quite town ... on the margins, rather than marginalised! ;D
a chum of mine is helping develop a Town Design Statement for their rural town, and allotment land is an important part of the landscape and character of the town they are seeking to preserve :) I hope today's youngsters will feel the same romantic twinge I do when I see those misty winter plots.

[tuinman]

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n31/valleydaz/PHTO0002.jpg

[Garden Manager]

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n31/valleydaz/PHTO0002.jpg

Wow! That is a winter allotment! When/where was that taken?

[tuinman]

same time 2 years ago, my allotment in holland.

[Barnowl]

It's a lovely sight GC, part of the 'marginal' landscape, thanks for the pictures :)

They are a lovely sight but I knew SS would approve - not an enclosed bed in site (pun intended)  :)

[supersprout]

Barnowl ;D
great pic tuinman, would love some of that this winter :-\

[tim]

GC - my plot. It's lost its plot!!

[Rose.mary]

Oh Garden Cadet!! You call that a slope. You ought to see ours it is a precipice up to that, but it is fun to landscape.

Rosemary