Phase 2

After the gargantuan task of geting the allotment relatively clear of junk we could start the proper work of actually getting some beds dug. We decided because we're first timers, and this is our first attempt to grow anything at all really, that we'd just start with 4 small beds on one half of the area that had previously (though god knows when) been used to grow vegetables. In this first picture you can see that we got 2 beds roughly dug and weeded pretty quickly, the weather conspired to make digging the last 2 pretty impossible for a few weeks so we concentrated our attention on getting some seedlings started.

The second picture is of yours truly, in freezing cold weather wear. Note the Tom Goode influenced green v neck, a friend for years now, spending it's last days in honourable service on the allotment...

green v neck, you're a star!!


This last picture shows the tree zone, I can't really describe it as an orchard but it does have apple, plum, pear and cherry trees on it... you can just about make out the first daffodil's starting to appear on the right.