I had the sensible idea of setting out the middle fruit bed centrally first, then to put the second bed between that & the front bed already built.
It's a jolly good job that I did, as something has gone very awry with regard to the measuring & my spreadsheet plan of the plot - five beds of 8' by 4' with a 20" walkway between each one fit nicely on the plan, but there is no way that they will fit on the plot. How odd.I'm still not entirely sure why, but no matter - a bit of rethinking on the hoof means that I will have four beds of 8' by 4' & a central 4' square bed, all with nice even 20" wide paths. Brilliant.
I pegged, levelled & fixed the second bed, & then roughly laid out the other three beds - all I need to finish these is some more wood for fixing stakes & I'm one length of 8' short too. To see it laid out is great though - very satisfying.
I drank coffee & walked round the plot admiring my handiwork, then packed the tools away & did a bit of community duty by emptying the delivery of manure bags from the stables into the manure skip.It was an enormous pile of bags & I was only going to do about half, but once you get into the swing of it you might as well carry on - it was dusk once I'd finished sweeping up & neatly packing the fifty-one empty bags away ready to be collected & refilled.
Reeking from wallowing in a skip full of manure, I headed home feeling virtuous - had to strip at the back door & head straight up to the bath!
You may not have done exactly what you planned, but what you did achieve looks fabulous - well done for such a great result to round off the year.
ReplyDeleteYou'll be starting the New Year off virtuous AND clean! Well done.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year.
There's a certain amount of 'going with the flow', Bilbo! As long as the five fruit beds are made & the strawbs & currant bushes are in situ before Spring, I'll be happy enough.
ReplyDeleteI even gave the allotment jeans & top a rare whip through the washing machine, Flum - how clean is that!