Friday, 9 May 2008

Allotment update

Ah! It's been a while since we've posted about the allotment. I've spent some time there recently and it's beginning to show an improvement. The current plantation is:

Leeks, onions, potatoes, carrots, raspberries, courgettes and lettuce and some Finnish flowers! Over the weekend, I hope to get there to plant some corn, broccoli and cauliflower, and perhaps some sunflowers. We've decided to keep the tomatoes at home as last summer's crop was great and so accessible.

We've some new neighbours - and I'm horrendously jealous of their plot. Seems to be weed free. All they've had to do is clear the grass and the top growth. Our plot was, and still is, inundated with all sorts of weeds, especially the dreaded bindweed. You could spend the whole year clearing the plot and still have some bindweed in there :@








Now for some pics of our plot:







This is where I've been focusing my attention recently. Spuds are in and so too all the carrots and onions in this space.











The leeks in the raised bed - next to the leeks are lettuce and courgettes















The raspberry bushes









before all my hard work today - more pics tomorrow

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