Just in case anyone is interested (I love to see pics of others plots & gardens) I have decided to risk boring you all and post my latest piccy. It was an overgrown wilderness until 2 mates and I started to clear it over Christmas/New year just gone.
Onions in foreground with shallots and Garlic beyond. Potatoes to the right with my carrot fleece tunnel hoops showing. Broad beans, parsnips & beetroot further down just before the cabbages and the runner bean canes up in readiness.
Fruit netting going up this weekend on top of Rasps, black/red currants, gooseberries & strawberries.
As the plot next door is not looked after, I took the step of using roundup along a 6 foot strip of it on a still early morning last weekend. We basically cleared that at the same time as ours and the speed at which it is growing back is frightening! I am hoping to just keep it at bay and hope that I've done the right thing!
Looking good! It is amazing what you have achieved. You must be right proud! ;D
:o Mothy :o your plot looks massive :o and you have done well to get to were you are from Christmas, ;) Well done ;D 8)
Well done Mothy, what a huge plot! :o lucky you ;D Lots of hard work gone into that!
Mothy you have done really well to clear such a big area. You will be well stocked with onions and shallots in the coming season from what I can see. Good luck for your other crops. Congrats on a fine plot. :) busy_lizzieÂ
Thanks very much folks......I have mentioned before that it is really my father in law's plot, but he had a kidney transplant last year and hadn't tended the allotment for about 4 years....I have become so bloomin' hooked I've taken over!! ;D
It's about 150' x 30' and is plenty big enough to grow veg/fruit for our respective families. I've really gained a lot from getting this far and have enjoyed this forum immensely.
Wow Mothy!!
I couldn't face the enormous hard work that must have involved!
Isn't gardening supposed to be the gentle art? - not quite sure where the callouses I've developed over the week fit in!
Ellkebe
Mothy, that is one hell of an allotment :o Well done on clearing it the way you have!
Wow - you've done a great job!! Can't believe how much you've done in such a short time - bet your father in law is proud of you :)
I never tire of seeing pictures of allotment plots, they are such an inspiration to me, especially when I feel as though the work is getting a bit tough going.
I got hail stoned on my plot today but my neighbouring plot holder has a wonderful shed so 4 of us sheltered in there until it subsided. It was a good excuse to have a good 'natter'. ;D
Well done. Mothy
Same here Lily. I love my shed, I love my shed, my shed is so comfortably lovely (that's a song I just made up a la The Singing Corner) Remember them???
Looks great! Very impressed :D
Nice one Mothy! And dry too - I'm envious. I baled 3 buckets of standing water off my spuds this weekend, then gave up and went home. :(