It's the weekend and I started DIGGING!
I've forked over about a third of the plot in 2 and a half hours, and came home absolutely knackered!
It was a very informative morning, and amongst other things, I have learnt:
- Reg the adjacent plotholder says that basics are far cheaper at the allotment 'hut' than at the garden centre - glad I didn't buy the lime at Fosters now
- I've met Fran who is a friend of someone Jane knows at school who apparently wins all the prizes at the annual allotment show. We'll see about that.
- It's a bit of a rugby scrum for the manure from the skip - although I think that this is replenished regularly
- Chickweed is easy to pull up. Nettles sting. Gooseberry bushes have thorns.
- Using a fork for two hours gives you blisters on your hands
With regard to our little plot of land I have found that:
- We have a run of fruit bushes down the right hand side - at least one of which is a gooseberry bush
- There are a number of leaf beet plants (about 8) which I now need to look up in a book which bits you eat. The slugs would appear to like the leaves, but the stems look juicy to me
- We will die of rhubarb overload if we take advantage of all that is on the plot.
- There are some scrobby whitefly infested brussel sprouts which may come to something
- There is a row of garlic that has resprouted which Fran says that we should lift, split & replant. We will not be troubled by vampires.
Jane & the tribe on digging duty tomorrow morning - I may creak along to give moral support!
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