The wild side
Well, this is the part of our allotment that has been neglected since we got it. As the picture shows, it's a little on the wild side.
We got the allotment back in September of 2006, so it's been a year now. Even though it was a 'half' plot, it was still a substantial amount of land (or dirt as one of my friends calls it) to take on - especially considering the state it was in.
So, we got to work on the other half, which is much better. There's still an abundance of weeds there, but they are a little more controlled. We've; sorry, I've, taken it upon myself to clear this little lot, and get the ground ready for the new season next year.
We've got a load of left over bricks from landscaping the garden - like 100s. And, after asking on the 'Allotments 4 All' forum, was given a few ideas for using the bricks; rather than tipping them - tut tut!
I'm planning to build a compost bin and a cold frame out of the bricks. Quite a bit of the jungle will need to be hacked away before they can go in though; but then I'll have a place to put all the green waste; in the compost bin - Yay!
It all looks a lot of hardwork, but we try to keep chanting the mantra "just a little, and often", as most of our fellow allotmenteers recommend.
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