They say a picture says a thousand words

Well all this one says to me is

OH DEAR

I had put all of my plans into action that this weekend was going to be the takeover of the plot and rescue it back from the nasty weeds

But the weeds used there secret weapon yet again Mother nature and her dreaded rain so it looks like it has got the better of me and my petrol strimmer yet again . I think im going to have to sit it out with a few cans of carling and maybe one or two magners and see what tomorrow morning brings ...

New update will follow soon ....................

Not enough time

Unfortunately i have let the plot get out of order and it is now looking like a wildlife sanctuary . I have let work and other hobbies take over my life and have put the allotment to the back off my list .

I think i have visited it about twice in the last 3 months and that was just to fetch some tools which i left in the shed down there .

Also the weather has been a big factor of why i haven't visited but that is no excuse .

I am just waiting for the rain to pass and i will nip down there and take some pictures to show what poor state i have let it get to .

Here are a few pictures from around the plot to update you since the last lot














Now im sure there's something wrong with these next pictures as im working and my mates chilling mmm im sure it should be the other way round

Also we had the young one down there with us it wont be long till we can get him digging and earning his keep hahaha ( child labour )

The start of the growing season is here at last .

So i thought i would go down and plant my broad beans. The soil just needed a quick going over with the hoe to break up the big lumps and then we transplanted the broad beans into there final position.

There was 28 plants altogether which we started off in my grandads greenhouse.

The first plant to go into the ground since I took over the plot so hopefully in two years time I should have some good rhubarb ready for picking.. ( mmm rhubarb crumble )

Went down the plot today and did a few runs to the tip I chucked all of the broken glass and a couple of old rusty barrels . I also got time to assemble my new compost heap and did a bit of digging . If the weather stays dry then I will be going down tomorrow to felt the shed roof for a second time this year. I can still remember the last words I muttered when we did it last time . " I bet the next time we do this will be about 10 years time " me and my big gob

Would like to say thanks to Dave who came down in his landrover to help clear my junk. I made sure i got a pic of him to add to my blog so dont think he did the digging lol he is just posing for the camera and trying to look the part

As you can see the shed fits in well now with its battle scars.I have also noticed some plants had sprouted through my membrane and to my surprise there was a bunch of daffodils a bit early I though but with how nice and warm its been I bet its confused things I sure the frost that we have coming and the warning of snow will kill them …

Just a quick update I went down the plot today to tidy up some of the glass that had smashed in the winds I took my lad down there with me to keep him happy as you can see he looks the part …

Well since the last time I posted on here a little bit has changed in fact I have took 20 steps backwards. It looks like all of my hard work on felting the roof was a waste of time if not that then a learning curve.
It all started when the strong winds around 80mph hammered England. I was driving down the lane to the allotments the day after the storms and I noticed something strange about my shed at first I thought the roof had been ripped off. I parked up the car and began to walk up to my plot I then notched that the window had disappeared in fact the shed had moved to.
It was at that point I realised I was quite lucky I had not lost the roof as first thought it just had a new function in life yep it was now The floor) yep that's right the shed had been blown over 180 degrees. Amazing the whole thing was still intact accept for one window the guttering and my newly laid felt.










I didn't want to open the door to see what carnage I had too deal with I felt like building a big bonfire and burning the lot …
That night I rang round my mates and got myself quite a bit of help, we went down at the weekend and started to empty the shed once the shed was empty it turned over quite easily and back onto its base. We then put 10 concrete blocks on the back wall of the shed to keep it weighed down for the next lot of high winds if I get time I will put some stakes in the ground and screw them to the side of the shed to act as anchor points.

2007

Well as this is my first year done on the plot I thought I would post a couple of pics of how it looked when I started and how it looks now..... As you can see there's still loads of work to be done but all in all not bad for a first timer