Two of us working over two days for a total of 13 (wo)man hours has had a big impact on 54a. It is starting to look like one plot at long last.
Looking from the shed you can see that most beds are clear and ready for the new season, even if the path needs tidy up. What used to be the end of the plot is now only half way!
At half way are piles of roots and nasty weeds that need disposing of. The piles are pretty high! We will make a seating area here.
Two thirds of 54a are now clear, with potato trenches now ready, and the bean trench started.
Looking from the road. Just a few hours work to finish clearing, then the hard work starts!
Mean whilst at home sowing has started in the propogator and the greenhouse.
On Thursday there was yet more snow: quite a lot of it, which put pay to the planned day on the allotment for Friday. I've just looked at
MetCheck, which gives a loner range forecast, and there looks like little let up for another two or three weeks. This means my planned preparation has gone out of the window.
Meanwhile I have sown a few things in doors:
- A few more broadbeans, as replacements for those lost since November, in peat pots
- African Marigolds
- Hollyhocks
- A few peas ("Twinkle")
- Three sorts of pepper (free on the cover of KG Magazine)
- Cabbage (F1 Tundra)
- Basil
I might walk round to the plot later, just to see how deep the snow still is. There was a big thaw yesterday, but a deep frost last night.
Here we are, I walked round in 25 minutes and took a series of photos to make a panorama:
Click to download a bigger size.
Whilst there, I found that the seed potato orders had arrived and at the allotment hut, so for £5.00 I now have the following chitting at home (I also have longer arms from carrying them home on foot):
- Javelin 7lb (Early)
- Kestrel 3lb (Second Early)
- Romano 3lb (Main)
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