Week 5 - The battle of the brambles

As the name suggests we had quite a fight with some brambles at the bottom of our second plot. It took 3 weekends to clear them all, but finally the battle was won.

That large pile behind us is all the brambles we dug up. They are now waiting for a fiery end as soon as the weather allows. 

As you can see we are very happy about having completed this task.

Now they are gone we are quite surprised by just how much space we have in that bottom corner. Plans are under way for a little garden/seating area with bath tub pond. 

Time Laps, One year on the allotment

In reverse order, a picture of one year on out first plot.

January - Year Two Begins

I know there has been a huge gap between posts, my health over the last six months or so has not been good, chronic migraines have been stealing my life from me. New medicine and extra care of my diet and life in general have started to allow me to regain my self.

The winter so far has mostly been hiding inside from the rain to plan and in the dry days digging, so much digging. The second plot spent most of the time since we took it on covered in black plastic to kill all the weeds, now the cover is off and we have been digging, well I say we, its almost completely Bill. Although I did manage to take of some of the reaming grass as my strength returned and have been helping clear the last corner of brambles.

The brief days of sunshine are lovely on the allotment, the cold crisp air filled with the smell of freshly dug earth. A time full of dreaming and planning, a time of great expectations. As the days slowly get longer, the warmth slowly returning to the land, its a lovely time full of hope and promise.

There are plenty of jobs coming up. like rotarvating the beds, building a fruit cage, assembling the newly purchased poly tunnel, planting some fruit trees, digging a pond or two, and of course sowing lots and lots of seeds.

I am really excited to see what we can grow this year.