My over grown Allotment

Rohen · Post: # 22013Post **Rohen** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:05 am

thats the flimsy greenhouse thing theres no roof in it I still have to clear a bit of that and remove it

wulf · Post: # 22014Post **wulf** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:14 am

Good stuff - I took a look over your set of photos on Flickr and you've definitely been making good progress.

Wulf

Rohen · Post: # 22553Post **Rohen** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:35 pm

Thanks its good to know Im not falling behind with it

Rohen · Post: # 23941Post **Rohen** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:45 pm

got my first mangetout last night So good to actually have grown something and reaped it so quickly

Millymollymandy · Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:24 am

Well done Rohen - I bet it tasted REALLY good too!

Rohen · Post: # 24021Post **Rohen** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:30 am

it did Less than an hour from picking to eating...Yum

Andy Hamilton · Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:26 am

I am very impressed with the amount of work you have got done, an insperation to all those who are struggling at the moment. There are a couple of plots on my allotment that could do with the same treatment

Wombat · Post: # 24458Post **Wombat** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:46 pm

Well done, mate! Good to see!

Nev

glenniedragon · Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:55 am

I hadn't looked at your photo's for a while....wow! what a difference you've made! Keep up the good work Rohen you are a real inspiration!

kind thoughts
Deb

Rohen · Post: # 24493Post **Rohen** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:58 am

yep I dug beds for the courgettes, sweetcorn and now the lettuces Will take a pic when I go today and post it up.

Bind weed has become a problem though ( aaarrgghhh)

Rohen · Post: # 24546Post **Rohen** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:27 pm

Forgot the camera be patient and all will be revealed

Rohen · Post: # 48056Post **Rohen** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:07 pm

Have thought about getting a mini excavator in as I find it tiring in the extreme to dig up bramble roots and don't want to have to strain myself,, Most of the allotment is now devoid of brambles above the surface and there is a lot of digging involved and with even the best will in the world it cant be all dug before Easter, so I'm going to hire a mini excavator ( which is only 2ft6inches wide and dig up all the bramble roots and generally move the soil around and break it up and add manure at the same time so that in the few weekends and evenings I do have I can sort the weed roots out of the soil and generally plant things.

To be honest I know I cant do much digging as I tend to get tired so easily and I have to be careful with my back so I figure this is the best way of doing it, plus the soil we have is very stony so there lies an opportunity to riddle all the soil once its been moved about a bit with the digger.

Your thoughts?

Rohen · Post: # 48498Post **Rohen** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:51 am

And here is the result of ten months work and junk! collecting

Millymollymandy · Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:01 am

Goodness, is that rubbish that you have dug up?

Well done for clearing all those brambles! I think your idea of hiring a mini digger is a good one. Just a word of warning about stony soil - even if you riddle the stones will work their way up to the surface, so perhaps it is just worth raking the surface before sowing seed but don't waste your time riddling - it's backbreaking work.

Thomzo · Post: # 48513Post **Thomzo** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:03 pm

Hi
I'm amazed a the amount of work you have done. Congratulations.

I too have very stony soil. As it is also clay I gave up trying to riddle it. Now I just spend a few minutes every now and again sat down with a cup of tea and pick off the largest by hand. The smaller ones help to break up the clay. I keep the ones I have collected in a large pot and let the rain wash them. Then I add them to my gravel path. I have created a path about 20 ft long by 15inches wide already plus a couple of gravel beds and am well on the way to collecting enough for another path.