Author Topic: Walworth Allotments (Read 8082 times)

Svea · « **on:** March 07, 2005, 11:12:18 »

ok, seeing pictures of everyone's lottie - i went there saturday and took a photographic record of what is there. Henry our neighbour who was digging out some bindweed thought i was well mad :D

looking east

looking west

and a piccie of my rhubarb in its current state.

the plot is divided up into 6 1.2metre beds (that's 4 foot for you imperial types ;)) with paths between. the bed along the fence i want to use for fruit bushes (only 3 or 4) and the bed along the wall i want for tomatoes and cucumbers, once i cleared the daffs (after they have flowered this spring) and the left overs of the former compost bin thingies. also some rubble and broken bits of glass to be tidied up behind the rhubarb

it's only a small plot (6x11m approx) but i reckon will be enough for two :)
in good condition thanks to the previous plot holder who took great care of it :)

svea

Moggle · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2005, 11:28:28 »

Looks great Svea, I wish all my plot looked like that :)

Thanks for sharing

aquilegia · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2005, 11:39:00 »

It looks so neat! And the soil looks gorgeous - rich, black, crumbly. Swoon! (want to swap it for my clay?!!) ;)

ina · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2005, 23:58:21 »

Very nice Svea. You may think it big enough now, I wonder how long before you run out of space to plant everything you want.

Svea · « **Reply #4 on:** March 08, 2005, 10:10:18 »

oh, in my mind it's already too small :D
but, i will just have to see what i can grow this year, and maybe decide against a few things in the longer run (not even bothering with onions or carrots, and potatoes may be cut out next year except some early ones)

svea

simon404 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 08, 2005, 15:37:19 »

Why no onions or carrots svea?

Svea · « **Reply #6 on:** March 08, 2005, 15:46:25 »

well they take space and are so cheap to buy.
because the plot is small, i want to concentrate on the things we like and are more expensive in the shops. i plan on growing french beans because i like them a lot - yet packets are dear in the shops.
i want to grow some early potatoes because they are yummy
i want to grow squashes because i want to try some varieties you dont find in the shops.
and i want to grow brassicas because i never dunn it ;)

carrots would struggle on our soil - looks nice but is quite heavy clay half a spade down. and onions are cheap as chips. ;) i will sow some spring onions though, for sure :)

i guess it's weighing up likes and availability/costs of veg against the space i have on the plot. :)

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #7 on:** March 08, 2005, 16:12:29 »

Very organised plot! Looks so tidy, and no weeds!!!!

NattyEm · « **Reply #8 on:** March 08, 2005, 21:39:56 »

your plot is so biju! I thought ours was small! But yours looks so much mor manageable that our overgrown patch! And so neat!

dibberxxx · « **Reply #9 on:** March 09, 2005, 20:26:07 »

lovely pictures and what avery nice plot wish i had a lottie everyone posting pics of there nice plots and i am still waiting seems like i am never going to get one

Svea · « **Reply #10 on:** May 03, 2005, 19:56:05 »

two months have passed and some stuff has happened on the plot

looking east

along the left hand side is my fruit bed - summer raspberry, gooseberry, autumn rasp and a red currant. in between those, permanent herbs (lavendar, rosemary, sage and soon to come lovage) as well as an oleander in between.
also in view the potatoes
in the background, we have cleared away the box storage thingy, and i have scavenged some large tubs (the green one being the largest) to stand on the bits of concrete i unfortunately have on the plot.
in the front, the two beds for my brassicas. the first one is not too bad - having been a permanent bean bed for the last few years - crumbly soil in between the clay. the second bed, however, is a different story. you can make out the bricks on there that pose as earth...:-\

looking west

from the other side of the plot, right in front a row of radished, my garlic standing to attention, and to the right my rhubarb going strong.
i did spend some hours this weekend past relaying the path past the rhubarb which was a bit of a death trap.

and this one just for carrie:

your little runts have finally taken, and are now growing at the rate of one leaf per day :)
i guess they have been busy making roots first.

that's all for today.
it will look quite different in a few weeks time when i have finally planted all my indoor seedlings out where they belong.

Svea · « **Reply #11 on:** May 27, 2005, 00:01:52 »

a view eastwards
potatoes growing like mad, and in the foreground my 'expertly' netted brassicas :D

view westwards
got a planting spree coming on this weekend: squashes/pumpkins will finally go into the bed currently covered in black plastic. not sure yet whether i should plant through it, or take the plastic off....

Svea · « **Reply #12 on:** May 27, 2005, 00:05:05 »

my first potatoes in flower

and one of my 'black' seed drills (rocket, this one)

btw, the autumn bliss raspberries are no longer - something has dug them up >:(
oh well, gotta try again in the autumn......

busy_lizzie · « **Reply #13 on:** May 27, 2005, 01:00:19 »

Great to see your pics, Svea. Your plot is looking good and It is interesting to see it's progress as it develops. Things really blooming. I love looking at other people's plots. :) busy_lizzie

wardy · « **Reply #14 on:** May 27, 2005, 08:12:27 »

Ta for the pics Svea :) All looking very promising. Like you I don't know whether to grow through my black sheet mulch. I think I will but from a corner and then try and direct squashes over the rest of it. I have a large sheet of that blue plastic from Wickes and I think I'm going to put that down as well as my plot is still mostly weeds. There is the other angle though of planting squashes all over the place and let them act as weed suppressant. Oh, decisions, decisions ;D

ina · « **Reply #15 on:** May 27, 2005, 22:34:23 »

Great allotment. I missed Henry the neighbor on the latest pictures hehehe.
I enjoyed seeing the pictures and reading your captions. Thanks

Marianne · « **Reply #16 on:** May 28, 2005, 08:36:54 »

What a wonderfully organised plot that is Svea ! You have put a lot of hard work into that one - Well done and good luck with everything that is growing. :D

Roy Bham UK · « **Reply #17 on:** May 28, 2005, 09:15:40 »

;D Well done Svea ;D you have put some work in there, I love to see these updates of progress on the lotties ;)

Svea · « **Reply #18 on:** May 28, 2005, 19:30:35 »

thank you :)

just spent another few hours out there today - will have to update in a week or so. back hurts from bending down - ouch!

time for a barcadi coke though 8)

Svea · « **Reply #19 on:** April 22, 2006, 23:29:15 »

ok, no updates for almost a year. time to do something about it then, eh?

last summer my camera died, now i have a new one and intend to keep more of a record again.
here a few piccies from the allotment today:

looking east

looking west

interesting comparison with the images above from last year - the plot has been in production all winter and so is much greener to start with.

our rhubarb going into overdrive (and i just ignored the poor thing)

this little fellow was keeping us company for two hours, only moving over one leaf on the raspberries

broad beans in flower

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