We're planning to grow lots of flowers on the allotment - including having at go at using them for making soaps and oils.
Im hoping to have a wildlife area with a pond, wild flowers/mini meadow at the back of the plot near the shed - possibly have a strip of meadow running all the way down
Then have a mix of fruit, vegetable beds and flowers
Theres a beautiful plot near ours that's full of Apple trees and in between the rows of trees there are masses of flowers in rows - Rudbeckias, echinacea and verbena.
We've done some more clearing at the plot - I did a couple of hours one evening and then my wife came to help the following morning, we made a decent start.
There's the before and after from the first evening I did solo. I managed about 2m x 7m. The following day we did more than double that along the right hand side near the fence.
I also carted off those bags of rubbish that we found amongst the weeds.
After going through them, I rescued a large number of perfectly usable plastic pots in a variety of sizes and a good 10L watering can.
Are they the Spear and Jackson spade and fork I see there? I bought those myself and found them to be ideal for the allotment. That takes me back to this time of year seven years ago when I got my plot, I used weedkiller on mine though so I could just tear most of the weeds and grasses out by hand when they were dead giving a clear view of the soil for digging, there was a time after a couple of weeks when I questioned whether I could actually get on top of the digging but I persisted and got there in the end. You have made a good start by the looks of it well done.
Vine Eye , I see you have your own personal tap 👍 and I like your plans
I have a bed of dahlias and hollyhocks in front of main shed Some lavender bushes which the bees love and 2 Budlea bushes which need constant pruning to stop them getting to big Lots of other flowers as well , I think of it has an extension of my garden
GWRS I grow sweetpeas, gladioli - no new bulbs this year just ones that I left in and a few others - sweet williams were really good this year
Mr.Vine Eye really great plan for plot sounds really nice - you have done a lot, great lot you found in the bags
I have the Spear and Jackson border fork really like to use them also a large fork
When I started my plot it took a good 3 hours to dig a metre square as it had not been dug for a very long time maybe the days before they turned it to a rubbish tip, that is why I dig up so much strange stuff some areas not been dug yet
Been plot today digging out the asbestos pipe with black bin bag around lots of bits of glass, even found a metal window opener, watch the starlings and sparrows loving the food I put in the feeder
I have several pots of Tulips 🌷 at home , this was there second year and they didn’t do very well , so I intend to plant them around the edge of the allotment , some people use them as annuals in pots but that seems a bit wasteful to me , so let’s see how they do , nothing to lose Going up to allotment shortly to have a burn up 🔥
Went to allotment did a small bit then rain then heavier rain so gave up, went looked at chickens at Manor farm they have a few for sale also had look around farm weather dry and rain so had umbrellas
@GWRS I grow flowers for cutting on my plot too I jocked the other day to a friend that I am getting more like my father every day! I only grow Gladioli, Dahlias, & Spray Chrysanthemums, my wife like flowers in the house so it is nice to be able to provide some foe at least part of the year. Everything cropping heavily at the moment not sure about the climbing beans though as the gale force winds have nearly stripped the leaves off the plants on one side.
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Currently cutting gladioli
Im hoping to have a wildlife area with a pond, wild flowers/mini meadow at the back of the plot near the shed - possibly have a strip of meadow running all the way down
Then have a mix of fruit, vegetable beds and flowers
Theres a beautiful plot near ours that's full of Apple trees and in between the rows of trees there are masses of flowers in rows - Rudbeckias, echinacea and verbena.
We've done some more clearing at the plot - I did a couple of hours one evening and then my wife came to help the following morning, we made a decent start.
I also carted off those bags of rubbish that we found amongst the weeds.
After going through them, I rescued a large number of perfectly usable plastic pots in a variety of sizes and a good 10L watering can.
I have a bed of dahlias and hollyhocks in front of main shed
Some lavender bushes which the bees love and 2 Budlea bushes which need constant pruning to stop them getting to big
Lots of other flowers as well , I think of it has an extension of my garden
Going up to allotment shortly to have a burn up 🔥
Everything cropping heavily at the moment not sure about the climbing beans though as the gale force winds have nearly stripped the leaves off the plants on one side.
Did another 2 hour session this morning we've cleared about a third of the allotment now.