Thursday, September 28, 2006

MAIN CLEARANCE






After debating long and hard on where to start I decided to hit the worst area first. The majority of the weeds consisted of brambles and nettles. After a good few hours of digging the roots out and removing the growth I had cleared half of the bottom end of the plot.

I
then decided to give the weeding a rest and to start laying the shed base. After a bit of raking the ground level I started to move the slabs, which I had acquired for free off a mate, into position. The base is 10' x 8'. After I had finished this I went back to my weeding duties and finished the other half of the plot at the bottom end. I have also found a network of tunnels which belong to the rabbit family so I did the right thing and filled them in! There will be no more rabbits on my plot!


Looking at how much work I'd done in a few hours I was very pleased with it and so I decided to hang up my fork and spade until next time.




My next jobs are as follows ....
For the month of october
Clear all of the scrap metal off the plot ( trip to the tip )

Burn all of the weeds I removed
Continue to dig over the middle section of the plot
Cover all dug beds with black weed suppresser

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

I went down to the plot today after a good month of neglect .To find that all the weeds had reared their ugly heads and I was back to square one. All my own fault for not finding anytime for it.So I have altered my diary for the foreseeable future and dedicated Wednesdays , Fridays and Sunday mornings to the plot. So there should be no more getting side tracked.

Had to call my mate to drop off the petrol strimmer and off I went and strimmed the whole plot again. Then me and Mr kerruish finished off the outer fence. Then it was time for the old shed to meet its end so off we went and knocked it down and built a nice big bonfire. Hopefully I will be getting my new shed dropped off on Sunday and some frame work with netting on it for my fruit cage.

Plans for the rest of the week are as follows. Tomorrow go and buy some more fence posts and also some black plastic membrane. On Sunday I'm going to cover the whole plot with black plastic to kill off the weeds. Just need to decide now on what system to use, do I go for raised beds or stick to the rows?!