I finally got to the allotment this morning to sow some seeds, seeds that I have been meaning to plant since last week, but always got sidetracked once down there e.g. tidying up, Juniors raised bed etc. However saying that, I did get sidetracked again this morning for a little while, whilst I wood chipped the path.
This path was getting very slippery due to all the extra people using it, now that more plots are being tended, so action had to be taken, well by me and for the length of my plot anyway. I did ask my neighbour Brian from 143, not the "super Brian" from yesterday, if he would be happy if I did this. He said he wasnh't bothered, so I got on with it, but as I was about to shovel a barrow full of wood chip, the allotment angel appearred, as if from nowhere and helped!
Aren't I a very lucky girl to have "super Brian's" help one day and Angel Derek's the next!
This is the end result - very smart I think and once it's trodden in a little it will be so much better - at least there is a little "grip" under our free now - well for a short distance anyway.
Next job was the sowing. I sowed Beetroot......
A very very long row of Perpetual Spinach......
....and finally some parnsips! To give you an idea - the spinach is the full width of the plot to the left of this picture and the parsnips (3 rows) are about half the width of the plot where you see the 3 white markers below. I still have some parsnips from last year in the ground. I must remember to pull them up and eat them very soon.
Still to sow - Mizuna, Pak Choi, Cucino & Cos Lettuce. To pot on - Sweetpeas and to hopefully see germinate soo - sweet peppers and chilli's!!
Tomorrow is another day!
2 comments:
Looks really nice! He probably recognized you had a good idea and that he should have thought of it and carried through. Yes, you are fortunate to have the two helpers pop up to help you. I know you could have done it yourself, but this time of year there is just *so much* to do.
Well done, thats a good days work there! And you've reminded me, time to sow parsnips! I left it too late last year so will get some started today me thinks!
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