So our first week is over on the allotment and we have so far gathered up 4 buckets of broken glass, cleared only a tenth of the patch, transplanted over 40 strawberry plants to pots and ate our first 'produce' nettle pesto after only a week!
We met our neighbours who have a lovely site alongside ours. They informed us to be wary of thieves, rats and pigeons, to not worry about using weed killer and how they hoped to see more of us down there.
With only 3 weeks til John goes to Iceland it's going to be tough getting the site ready but we can do it!!
Here are some photos of our progress so far...
If you've read any of my previous blog posts you may have realised I can be a tad indecisive!
I like to try new things but don't usually commit to doing anything long term, that includes going to the gym, eating healthy, keeping on top of housework, diets.
So in January this year when I got excited about the idea of having my own allotment and then the disappointment of finding out I wasn't going to get one, I just parked that idea for another time.
Well this month I found out we finally got an allotment yay!! So now the hard work begins. Here are a few shots I took of it when we first found out...
Have you ever tried growing veg?
I enjoy it, it's quite satisfying to see the plants grow and being able to eat whatever you planted.
Potatoes are the most rewarded as they are hidden deep below the soil, no idea how they are doing whether you will get any, how big they will be?
I've tried a few times to grow before.
Mainly in pots in our small yard behind are hour, one year went quite well, we got all sorts of veg from a tiny raised bed made out of an old..errr bed! These pictures are from my most successful year in 2009. My worst year, well we don't like to talk about slug gate in my house!
It was a particularly wet summer this year and not the warmest. My veg was struggling to say the least. I couldn't seem to keep on top of the weeds and was loosing daily battles with slugs.
My mum had planted cabbages and courgettes and over night the entire batch had disappeared!!
(It honest looking like someone had been in the garden and dug them up as there was nothing left!!!)
I tried everything to save my veg, egg shells, beer traps, slug pellets, copper rings, sacrificial basil but sadly nothing was going to save my crops. I lost it! I couldn't bare to suffer another summer like this so I just quit!!
Long time ago now slug gate but it still make me shudder at the thought of removing the dead corpses from the battle field :/
Well I've finally got over it and now we are looking at getting an allotment! :)
Turns out its between £30 & £70 and I'm hoping we might be able to grown enough to become a bit more self sufficient.
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