Today was another momentous day at the allotment! First I went to feed the chickens and check they were all present and correct. Those that have been moulting have their new feathers, all except Maggie, and their feet look much better now they aren't caked in mud. Four eggs today so we are getting back... Continue Reading →
Mulch and catching Thumper!
We arrived down the allotment this morning hoping that our delivery of manure had arrived. It hadn't. But a whole trailer of mulched leaves had been dumped on the car park, free for them as wants. We borrowed two wheelbarrows and started to cart it back to our plot and deposit it in the coop.... Continue Reading →
Construction commences!
Pottered down to the allotment this morning and after sorting out the chickens (4 eggs today!), we found a trailer load of manure had appeared on site. Wasting no time, we grabbed 8 bags and spread it over the old plot - hopefully the worms will help spread it through the soil. It was fantastic... Continue Reading →
On your marks, get set, DIG!
Today was a momentous day. A day to rival any other day. A day where nothing can go wrong. Maybe I am overselling this.... But today has been a very productive. We have worked intensively on the new plot, making three new beds and digging over nearly half the plot. We arrived down at the... Continue Reading →
Great works at the allotment
Today I dragged my husband down to the allotment to do some digging. The new plot desperately needs to be dug, partly to get rid of the weeds and partly to level out the ground which looks like the dark side of the moon, craters everywhere! We fed the chickens and admired the continued efforts... Continue Reading →
Plans for next spring
An unexpected half day at work left me with a glorious opportunity to spend an extra couple of hours at the allotment! With two plots we now have an extra half plot for growing crops (allowing half a plot for the extension of the chicken coop and associated greens for the chickens to eat over... Continue Reading →
A new plot and a new blog
So it seemed to me that it was about time I wrote about my allotment. After spending months aggrevating my friends on Facebook with endless photos of vegetables, fruit and views of my plot - my belated apologies to you all! In April we took over our plot in an allotment site just around the... Continue Reading →
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