The Shed

Every allotment should have a shed, ideally an old shack built from skip salvage.

Mine is brand new and built to order. Most sheds on our allotments are similarly purchased.

Today, after a couple of weeks of preparation and anticipation, it arrived. In about 10 minutes it was assembled and paid for. Now it looks like an allotment!







That's rather a lot of photos of a shed, but it makes a change from photos of dug earth!

I spent about 3 hours on the plot in total, and dug bed 8 (peas) twice. Once again a barrow full of bindweed and bramble roots were removed.

Number 7

It's not a scene from the prisoner, but today I've been working on bed number 7, which will be roots. The trouble is that although I thought it was already cleared, once I started digging, I realised it was still full of bramble and some bindweed roots.

The weather was great for lots of digging... cold and sunny, with the bitter north wind being sheltered: I assume by trees and houses.

In just over two hours I managed to completely dig the bed ( approx 3x3m) and clear the major roots. After leveling and tamping down, I placed a row of old large water bottles over a row. They're not doing anything, but it looks as if there is something happening. I also marked out beds 6 and 8.


In my extensive reading I've just found out that onions and legumes don't go well together: only three months late. The onions are doing so badly, I might move them any way!

Tomorrow is the big day........ the shed comes.