This is the place to discuss not just allotments but all general gardening problems and queries which don't fit into the specific categories below.
(formerly allotments and tips, hints and problems)
Can we turn this topic into a photo thread?
Post up pics of your allotment plot please?!
I love seeing what other people have done with theirs and it's a great way of sharing ideas
Here's mine, it's a work in progress! (& yep, that's my son in the wheelbarrow being kept steady by my mum!)
"It's breaking the circle.
Going to work, to get money, to translate into things, which you use up, which means you go to work again, etc, etc.
The Norm.
What we should be doing is working at the job of life itself."
- Tom Good, The Good Life.
You've got a new plot, so glad that you have and that this ones going to be abit easier for you.
heres ours, before and current work done shots
We didn't have a wheelbarrow or mother to push him around in so that is george in the playpen, where he very happily sat for 5 hours, and where I hope he will be just as good tomorrow, so we can get the rest of it dug over.
Looking forward to starting to plant this week
the ever growing luvpie household currently contains, 4 boys, 4 chickens, 2 cats, 2 rabbits, 4 fish, an empty tropical fish tank waiting new arrivals, now are we daft to look at our broody hen thinking, if we got some fertilised eggs........
Had the plot for a couple of years now - so there's a record of it over the years http://www.flickr.com/photos/flohewitt/ - take your pick of what you want to see. Too big for one picture to show much.
Those plots are all fantastic, puts ours to shame, Can I ask? on average how much time do you spend at you lotties in a week? loads, little, depends on whats to be done?
"no-one can make you feel inferior without your permission"
Thanks!When i moved in it was just a blank canvas and it stayed like that for years....a bit of skip/verge/tip sifting and a few rescue missions later(and 3 years of hard graft)and this is the result
I think the only thing we actually 'paid' for was the netting and the sheds,even the greenhouse was a rescue-job.Madness what people will chuck isn't it?One man's rubbish is another mans treasure as they say.....
becks77,it all depends on my children TBH,but my Lottie is my garden so i'll go out with a torch if neccessary!
All my crab apple trees that are the start of our orchard when we move. My very first attempt at a veg plot, usually used pots on the patio,
Chicken Hilton
I love everyones plots! It's so fun looking at all your different beds & whatnot
becks77 - we spent a couple of hours a day there over this holiday, getting beds built & dug, building the shed & the paving area. Still got two beds to build & dig and then the fun starts - sowing & planting!
I'll probably go there at least once a day after all the heavy work has been done.
"It's breaking the circle.
Going to work, to get money, to translate into things, which you use up, which means you go to work again, etc, etc.
The Norm.
What we should be doing is working at the job of life itself."
- Tom Good, The Good Life.
Hey Hey! I finally took the camera down to my lottie! I must say that it isn't always this tidy - I have a very lovely neighbour who keeps an eye on things for us too, as he is retired and down more frequently than we are.
so glad that you have and that this ones going to be abit easier for you.
(thanks)
