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New allotment OMG...Part 2...

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  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267

    Had a lazy day, back at work tomorrow ..?

    Will only be able to go to the allotment at weekends now, got a list of winter jobs to keep me busy though.

    Monty Don is giving a talk in Preston next weekend, couldn't get descent tickets though the ones left were on row w...

  • Thanks Zoomer till they are dried out think, enjoy the talk

    Been to the allotment today added some horse manure after digging yesterday as bit cold to do the shed.

    Dug in the manure as going to sow broad beans in that area will do that this week also added some paths with bark chipping

    Harvested a nice load of potatoes yesterday and had cottage pie for dinner was yummy

    next door plot has re done his bark chipping paths with new weed matting under looks good - can smell the conifer tree bits

    Hampshire Gardener
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Hello everybody , back off hols , have a long list of things I want to do , should keep me busy over the winter 

    Rosemummy , fire tips - I found putting stuff on a pallet off the ground help to dry things out 

                                           If you can get a fire bin it does seem to help 

                                            Using fire lighters rapped in news paper seems to help as well 

    We did take a loaf of stuff to tip when we started as there was so much , best of luck 

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  • Hello GWRS welcome back home

    Someone on the site brought in a caravan old ish one - I saw it and thought that would make a nice shed as they normally have a table and two seats/ settes either side - went on a drive by to see where it was it was just parked up in a car park bit

    Then on Tuesday this week saw bark chipping vans so went to see if they had left anything only to find them on someones plot, then noticed the caravan parked up as a shed - think new plot holder will have to see if we can have a nose inside - but great idea - instant shed and sometimes they have a gas cooker inside - wish I had one to do that but would of been trick to get to my plot though others

    Hampshire Gardener
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Gardengirl, hello , old caravan as a shed , interesting thought !image

    We had a little camping stove but got stolen when site vanderlised image 

  • Dont think our council would allow caravans, great idea though, especially when it rains! 

    Only spent and hour at the plot yesterday, had a toothache and kept getting rained on, so gave up. Did a little bit digging and planting, soil is so much better now than it was when I took on the plot which is great!image

    went to the local nursery to buy some onion sets, forgot to get them and came back with garlic, cabbage plugs and leeks, plus about £50 worth of new plants for the garden!!image

    Did you have a good holiday GWRS?

  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Ginagibbs , yes thank you , we went to Tenby , nice and sunny , first week 15 degrees , secound week temperature slowly dropping down to 5 , blooming cold 

    Also met up with relatives first week , have been there lots of times image

  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Ginagibbs , forgot to say Hope toothaches gets better or is it a trip to dentist ? image

  • I guess they got permission from Council for the caravan like the idea though

    Ginagibbs hope toothake goes away bonjela helps soothe pain, rain keeps coming hard to do the shed then, good lot of new plants did they all jump into your basket

    Today went and took apart a pallet well 2 which was 3metres wide, wood not that easy to get off got quite a few bits of wood which are now used to help keep tarpaulin up on shed roof

    It was a different place they also had pallets 7 metres long by 2 metres wide huge, also manage to get some plastic sheets small bits will see where I can use it  - Also someone else turned up and we found out they were from an allotment not far away,  going to use the pallet bits to put fence around his plot

    GWRS not fair camping stove is what I will need for the shed, will you get a new one? temputure did change to cold when we hit November was warm till then

    Hampshire Gardener
  • I'm on the antibiotics gg,  got to have root canal treatment,  yuk.

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