SUNDAY

Well Sunday didn't go exactly to plan , we didn't turn up at 7 we got down there about 9.30 after going out on the beer the night before . One of the other lads who was meant to help made some excuse about taking his Mrs. to work ( yeah right ) So it was just me and Kerruishy . I thought the digging was going to be the hardest bit but it took us no time at all , I think it helped with it not being that warm and the rain the night before softened up the ground ..... Once we had dug the trench we then positioned all of the stakes .Thank god i bought a post driver instead of sledge hammering them into the ground. They flew in using the stake basher as i have named it . Then we had to nip to B n Q to get some tin snips to cut the chicken wire and via the way back we stopped at a food van and had a couple of bacon butties and a cup of tea , once back we cut the chicken wire and tacked it to the stakes then we threaded the retaining wire through the chicken wire ( not before me getting into a mess with it ) and then we sat back and admired our work and called it a day. Even though there wasn't much sun we both still managed to get sun burnt. Think im going back down on Thursday to tidy up the last bits ......




I thought i best add a picture of my bald mug on here , Its a good job i look busy ( my work mates dont do all of the work ) Honest

BINDWEED

When i turned up on Sunday i noticed that at least half the plot has been attacked by the dreaded bindweed . Im debating on whether to dig it up the hard way or kill it off using roundup. Think i will have to flick a coin on which way to go

MY BROTHER While Kerruishy was gardening in Hathern
Some thought it was a total eclipse
But Mark had just taken his top off
And blocked out the sun with his tits.

Alan Titchmarsh he definately isn't
But what he is I just don't know
Well at least while he's helping out digging
It saves Limby getting a scarecrow.

With hair that looks like a haystack
And a body that resembles jelly
He's a dead ringer for Worzel Gummidge
Except for his much bigger belly.

WORK MATES

This is one of my work mates who came down to help me , even though he spent most of the time looking into his smoking cauldron ,However he was good enough to lend me his petrol lawnmower for a small price of some home grown beet root


Hubble bubble cauldron of trouble,There's a spell which will make you tremble.Warthogs toes and dragon scales,Witches warts and vampires teeth,Sour blood and tongue of snake,Eye of hydra and acid of demon,Bats wings and leg of the grim reaper,Tail of hellhound and heart of tentacle.Hubble bubble toil and trouble,Here's a spellwhich will make you tremble.

And his side kick Simon salt on the right

Im all ready for the weekend now , My trench is dug and i have all of the kit to start erecting my fence , I even managed to get a couple more new volunteers to help me ( I DON'T THINK THEY REALISE YET WHAT THEY HAVE LET THEM SELF'S IN FOR ) ha ha .. Just checked the weather and it looks like rain for Sunday . At least it will be cool and even more cooler at 7 in the morning

Me and a couple of work mates waited for a nice day and then we hit the plot ( operation ground clearance ) was the mission name. With a mower and a petrol strimmer we went to work on it ... after a couple of hours and several bonfires later , it was starting to look quite good . We could even see the ground .

Whilst there we even had a visit from some of the local wildlife

So now that the plot is looking like a football pitch and not a mad overgrown field i have started to plan where i want my beds and greenhouse and few other things like that .Today im going to nip down to the local farm shop and get some chicken wire and then im off to a timber yard to get some fence posts. I will also try and get down on Wednesday to dig at least a 2ft trench around the perimeter so that the pesky rabbits cant dig under the fence .. But looking at the 5 day weather forecast it looks like its going to be to hot. I will have to see.

MY PLOT

I have just rented my first plot , and at the minute it looks like an overgrown field ..... I have a lot of work to do and quite a bit of time as IM not planting anything till March next year , As I have quite a few vegetables growing in my garden at home .. IM growing runner beans , tomatoes , carrots , beetroot and cabbages ..
My first job on the Plot is to get the petrol strimmer out and flatten it all and then put a perimeter fence up to keep the rabbits out. Im also going to purchase some of the plastic membrane to keep the weeds at bay as I dig a bit at a time