Finally ! Got some stuff in !

Well we have finally started growing our own stuff !

Managed to get the raised bed going after the recent good spell of weather and put down some red onions and garlic.

Alison has started the carrots off in a massive tub we found, but she failed to planted on rows and simple sprinkled the seeds everywhere !

Got a cheap plastic greenhouse from Wilkinsons, some seeds, compost and started planting.

Hopefully Toms, Beetroots, Courgettes, Chillis and Parsnips will be planted on the lot before we go away on holiday.

Also made plans for a shed.......mmmmmmm......fun and games

Drying off !

Well after the recent fine weather, this weekend was spent clearing the rubbish pile, having a bonfire, clearing the boundary along plot 11 and the planning and preparation of a single bed.

With the sun beamimg down it was sheer joy to be outside and actually do some work on the lottee !

Planning to get the seeds in and started off this week at home, and by the weekend get the bed ready for our first planting !

Photos next week (hopefully) and you'll hopefully see a difference

That's it for now

Tony

Flooded !!!

I have nothing major to report as Feburary has been wasted due to the heavy rains and snow. So much for my planning to get stuff done and things growing by March !
Maybe a "paddy field" full of the finest Thamesmead Rice would be good !

Hopefully the weather will improve and the ground will dry and we can start digging !

From a jungle to a muddy lot !

Well having mastered this inserting pictures and text marlarky here is the latest pictures taken over December. As you see if has gone from a jungle to mud bath and now with the weather the way it is looks like we'll have to wait before we can do anything else !

From this in late November..........

To this 2 weeks ago.

And now with the rain we have had over the last week it's time to just let it dry out and start again hopefully next weekend.

Hello & Welcome to our blog

Hello everyone,

Welcome to our blog about our allotment. It's our attempt at trying to grow our own ! This year a run down allotment but you shall see a wilderness transformed into our own little Garden of Eden !

This is how the allotment looked when we first took it over in October 08, a patch of land covered in brambles and grass.

Please keep coming back as we shall be posting every month with a progress report !

See you soon,

Tony & Alison

or Tom & Barbara Good (from the TV series The Good Life)