We had a fantastic holiday camping round the south west of England & popped across to Newport in Wales and then had a fantastic weekend with the hockey lot, last game of the season, then baking cakes for the cake sale (no, I didn't go for the courgette cake this time), manning a stall at the club's coffee morning & sales, then relax!
So today I thought it'd be a good time to pop down to the allotment and see what's been happening. I expected to have alot of work to do, but pleasantly surprised I was able to get most of the beds weeded in 2.5 hours.
Here's some before and after photos:
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| fruit bushes |
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| fruit bushes |
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| raspberries |
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| raspberries |
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| strawberries |
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| strawberries |
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| beans & strawberries |
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| beans & strawberries |
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| see the row of turnips? |
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| artichoke & roots |
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| garlic - to be weeded |
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| potatoes - to be weeded |
We've also been given extra beds that someone else has given up. The two beds are covered for now and just at the end of our plot (includes the broken compost bin, a gooseberry bush and globe artichoke plant. There's just a walkway between the two plots - nice'n'handy! Here's the new plot:
And the addition to the allotments - our very own slug eaters!
The seedlings didn't cope so well, but not all bad, we'll just have to wait and see. On the plus side, if you remember the experiment with the carnation sprigs I did earlier this year, well, all of them have taken and all the one's I donated to the hockey sale all sold before I got to see them!
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