Finally did a good long session on plots today. Ground still saturated with standing water in a lot of places. Took appart another pallet, takes ages getting all the nails out but worth it. I think I have enough wood to make the beds I want now. Started to dig out the old raspberries out, particularly the ones that have spread out away from where the rows are supposed to be.
Hello , good day at plot , dug up rest of leeks , forked ground and covered with manure Got rid of broccoli 🥦 and some chard As ever a few other jobs done Lovely sunny day 8 degrees , bad weather starts tomorrow according to forecast
What @GWRS ! We are only three miles away and we had sun, fog, cloud, rain and then sun all in about 4 hours, most of my gardening was done in fog before the rain, and it was cold!
Ahh I wondered which part of the country you were in @GWRS, well I'm glad you can get onto your ground I wish we could here. Our London clay is like glue at the moment.
I am beginning to think I might need to try raised beds again. In the past they always dried out too much. But with these wet winters now it's getting to a point where they are essential, everything is drowning at the moment.
@Allotment Boy the wet winters are a real battle, my dad farmed heavy clay boulder land and I think it would have been easier to grow successfully on the moon some years. Luckily as I'm not a true allotmenteer I can make use of any dry spells, as such headed out very early and added a couple of big bags of multi purpose compost to the top of the big raised bed and raked it in. By then Zeus had decided to try and drown me and I ran for cover and a brew. Might sow some rocket and mizuna in the green house later
I’m going back to my plot today just to check how things are.
i haven’t posted on here, but someone from another plot stole our polytunnel, shelving, seed trays and even a couple of potted rose cuttings while we were self isolating.
I arrived with my boys to find it all just gone! No idea what had happened and then discovered it a few plots away. Properly set up with all my stuff inside.
Shocking - waiting on news from the Council and Police. I haven’t moved it because I’d risk doing damage to their stuff, and the tunnel cover in the process.
But I’ll be going just to check that nothing else has been taken!
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Got rid of broccoli 🥦 and some chard
As ever a few other jobs done
Lovely sunny day 8 degrees , bad weather starts tomorrow according to forecast
i haven’t posted on here, but someone from another plot stole our polytunnel, shelving, seed trays and even a couple of potted rose cuttings while we were self isolating.
I arrived with my boys to find it all just gone! No idea what had happened and then discovered it a few plots away. Properly set up with all my stuff inside.
Shocking - waiting on news from the Council and Police. I haven’t moved it because I’d risk doing damage to their stuff, and the tunnel cover in the process.
But I’ll be going just to check that nothing else has been taken!
@Mr. Vine Eye , that’s terrible , hope you get your stuff back