Potatoes are GO!

We bought early potatoes from our allotment shop and on Monday I arranged them in egg boxes that I'd collected from friends with their 'eyes' pointing up, as the allotment bible told me to.



Here's hoping!

A-Haaaarrrr me hearties...

Apparently allotment owners must sound like pirates.

We headed down on Sunday to give the place a good going over.

Here's the top end of the plot.



Why didn't I take more 'before the makeover' shots, grrr. Anyway, can you see that rosemary? It was growing all over the path so I chopped it back a bit (well, we are supposed to be sharing that path and it was taking over). Free rosemary? Excellent excuse for roast lamb for dinner mmmmmmmm. It also looks like we've inherited some kind of fruit tree too but we haven't a clue what it is (except that it probably doesn't usually grow coats).

We cleared out all the crap from the back of the plot which left us with plenty of room for this marvelous new pair of compost bins built by Bonzo's own fair hands.



AND, finished our first raised bed. Ahhh, lookie: My First Raised Bed! I added about half a barrow full of compost from our allotment shop for good measure. I'll mix it up a bit next time we're down there.



I can't wait to get planting now.

Hooray: We Are In!

Finally, the long wait for our own little plot is over. We are the proud (well, nothing to be proud over yet exactly) caretakers of half a plot. Ok, so it’s not the half with the shed but we are very pleased with it anyway. The fence is in good-ish repair and the brambles need some attention but other than that, it’s time to get digging!

To help us on our way we have:

The Allotment Handbook by Caroline Foley

Grow Your Own magazine, March

From here we intend to keep track of and share our evil gardening plans and progress. Wish us luck…