I am so excited, as of this morning I now officiallly have my own allotment!! It comes with a greenhouse and a tiny shed which are both packed full of stuff which is mainly rubbish but there is also a fair amount of decent wood in there that I can use for raised beds! The plot itself is very uneven and covered in a thick layer of dead weeds, grass (they sprayed it all with weedol a few weeks ago) and various bits of paving stones. There is a small amount of bramble growing at the top end and bottom but nothing that will take too much work to get rid of. There are also 3 leek trenches, one of which is in perfect condition with beautiful soil in! The previous tenant had the plot for 30 years and was only interested in his leeks, he never touched the rest of the plot the whole time he was there!
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee, I am so excited, I can't wait to get stuck in! ;D ;D ;D ;D
That's fantastic - well done. It's worth the wait sometimes. The best advice I heard was to takle a small area at a time. We limit our unfit selves to two hour bursts at a time. This keeps the enjoyment going and you can see your progress as you clear the site.
Enjoy your greenhouse ;D ;D
take care with your digging remenber little and often i dont get mine till 10am sunday morning this week has gone so slow iv read my veg book every night sow seeds with the kids and now im looking at more seeds ? the oh will kill me as yet what i can see through the fence all vacant plots have some sort of plastic over to help with weed controle (my luck though ill get the only one with out ) all the best let us know how you get on
AYLANA ;D
Great new......Well done...Wishing you lots of Gardening Pleasure with your New Acquistion....Keep us ppppposted with your Progress ...PROMISE!!
:) Well done Aylanda on getting your plot. It's very exciting isn't it. I still dream about mine and how it will look one day in July/August with the bees buzzing and the birds tweeting and me sitting in the sun on my bench next to my, as yet non-existent shed, admiring my, as yet non-existent, massive butternut squash and endless courgettes......... 8)
Loulou - roll on 10am sunday morning - good luck!
Good girl Aylana!!! Well done ;D ;D ;D
Yay
Thanks guys. It is so nice to share my excitement with people who understand! I will take some "before" photos when I go down to start working on it. I am definately going to go with the little and often method. I can't wait to start going through all the junk in the greenhouse to see if there is anything useful buried in there! There was also an overturned wheelbarrow that I want to test to see if it is still sturdy enough to be usable!
I bet you are counting down the hours now loulou! I hope you get a great plot!
Fingers crossed you get a plot soon amanda21!!
Congrats :) Any chance of some 'before' pictures? - to be followed by 'after' pictures, of course!
I will be going down on Sunday (I can't get down there tomorrow as I don't have my keys yet and am at work when the guy who runs the shop is there to open the gates for me) so I will definately take my camera along and get some pictures up.
Good luck! :D It's so exciting isn't it? I love my plot even though I still have lots to do. Very jealous about the shed though ;)
thanks and i hope i get a decent one so kids can mither with is it ready yet all the best let us know how it gose photes from both of us soon then lol
Great news Aylana! Glad the great day has come at last and it sounds brilliant. Don't forget to take a before pic, - it is always good to see how far you progress. We have had ours 3 years on 16th Feb, and we are amazed how it has changed and improved over those years. Good luck and many happy hours at your plot! :) busy_lizzie
Thanks guys! I went down today and took some measurements so I can begin making plans for raised beds etc. My boyfriend has somehow managed to convince 4 of his friends that they should all come down to my plot in a couple of weeks time and spend the day clearing it for me! All they want in return is a few cans of beer and to be able to burn all the stuff they pull up and cut down!! Men are strange but I'm not going to complain if they want to do it. ;D
How is your new plot loulou??? Do tell us!
Sounds like one helluva boyfriend! ;)
A good bonfire is good fun, but don't make the mistake of burning weeds normally. Do it this once, then compost them, otherwise you're just mining the soil for organic matter which doesn't get put back. The more organic matter you can dig in the better the soil gets.
Congratulations! ;D
It's great looking through all the junk and other stuff to see what's there, isn't it? There's a real sense of exploration and sometimes you do come upon something useful. The one we've just taken over was neglected for two years but I found a water butt and a long line of raspberry canes that were buried amongst the brambles. Lots of (mostly brittle) plastic now covered with ivy and one or two tiny holly bushes that must have germinated a year or so ago and will now fit nicely into my new hedge.
Good luck with the clearing! :)
I found a car hub cap on Saturday. Just looking for the rest of the car now!
Good luck with your plot!
Well I finally got round to uploading the pics of my plot, so here is it:
View from bottom of plot
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f168/Aylana_x/Picture028.jpg)
View from top
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f168/Aylana_x/Picture025.jpg)
My greenhouse and shed
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f168/Aylana_x/Picture027.jpg)
The Leek trenches
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f168/Aylana_x/Picture026.jpg)
There is lots of work to do as you can tell!
That is going to be fantastic. The leek trench looks good - have you started them off yet? I have some seeds but haven't grown them before.
Please post more pictures in a while so we can see your progress. I have mine as a screensaver and it really cheers me up to see the first ones I took.
Cor looks like hard work though!
Good luck Aylana - looks like your neighbours know what they are doing, so you should be able to get lots of advice ... can't wait to see it cleared - feel free to send those men my way when they've finished - my ratty shed should put grins on their faces as they watch it burn, burn, burn ...
Thanks guys, it will be hard work, but worth it in the end!
I haven't started off any Leeks yet, I don't eat all that many of them so will probably use some of the trench space for other things, maybe a permenant Asparagus bed?
mc55, I'm sure they would gladly come round and burn your shed to the ground! I have had to promise to pay them with copious amounts of beer to get them to do anything other than just burn stuff though!
You & your assistants have a lot of hard work to do there. Glad the seeds reached you safely.
Conratulations! You ceratinly have your work cut out! ;D Keep us posted!