My newly planted raspberry canes and there chicken wire fence!!
Well this weekend saw me doing something a little more constructive...(4th - 5th April). Last year I just planted stuff wherever I had room but this year I have all the land prepared so was able to planned...well kind of!! I didn't have any major plans but I did want to move my runner bean tent to the middle of the allotment where we had the dividing line and I also wanted to move
the raspberry canes and Gooseberry bush down there as well so I would always have that dividing line in place. It wasn't hard to move the raspberry canes and then I constructed a little fence for them to grow up aswell...I planted the gooseberry bush as a kind of center piece and put the bean canes the other side which now goes a continuous line down the middle of the allotment separating my half from Kate's so we always no where we are!!
My Gooseberry bush.
The only other bit of planning I have done this year is to remember to plant those brassicas that won't be ready until next year at the end of the allotment as well so that I don't end up having to weed round huge patches of veg in the autumn and can get all the land rough dug evenly.
My canes in there new location ready for the runner beans.
Another productive day on the allotment. :-)
Oh....I also potted my beetroot and peppers at home. I thought you had to put root vegetables straight in the ground but a friend told me she had started her's off in toilet roll tubes filled with compost. I though this was quite a good idea as you can protect your young plants in greenhouses but I don't have access to an abundance of toilet roll tubes like she does (she is a cleaner!!). Anyway one day when I was in 'Home Bargains' I found some peat pots, a packet of 70 was just £0.99 so I bought a load up (if you want to spot a bargain the best place to be is 'Home Bargains'!!) and this is what I have planted my beetroot in...hope it grows ok!!
Oh....I also potted my beetroot and peppers at home. I thought you had to put root vegetables straight in the ground but a friend told me she had started her's off in toilet roll tubes filled with compost. I though this was quite a good idea as you can protect your young plants in greenhouses but I don't have access to an abundance of toilet roll tubes like she does (she is a cleaner!!). Anyway one day when I was in 'Home Bargains' I found some peat pots, a packet of 70 was just £0.99 so I bought a load up (if you want to spot a bargain the best place to be is 'Home Bargains'!!) and this is what I have planted my beetroot in...hope it grows ok!!
I've enjoyed reading your blog. You're a year in front of me, I got my allotment in March of this year. I'll pop by again to check on how you're getting on.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you have enjoyed my blog...Sorry to hear you are a year behind me...my first year is still so fresh in my memory I know exactly how hard it is but just remember not to give up...it is very satisfying and well worth all that hard work and effort!!
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