Saturday 26 September 2015

A hard day at the allotment!!

So I managed to get a day down the allotment today...it was hard going but that was inevitable after not getting down there for 2 months. This is what I started with....

Plot 2, I promise there are crops.
Plot 2, I promise there are
crops.
Plot 1, not many crops here though.
Plot 1, not many crops here though.
So as you can see from above I really had my work cut out for me. I started off I think a little over ambitious thinking I could get it all done today but it didn't quite pan out that way. I did get plot 2 more or less cleared though and after two full wheelie bins and finding some shallots, onions and new potatoes I was left with this....

Old potato bed cleared and ready for digging, new potatoes dug up.
Old potato bed cleared and ready for digging,
new potatoes dug up.
Shallots and onions dug up, weeds cleared and earth ready for winter dig.
Shallots and onions dug up, weeds
cleared and earth ready for winter
dig.
So it was a good days work but boy am I tired. I forgot how much you feel achy after you have spent a while away from the allotment. There is still plenty to do but I am quite pleased with today's progress. I had a beautiful day for it which was kind of a bonus. It's supposed to be nice weather for the rest of this week so I may see if I can get some more time up there throughout the week.

If I do go up the plot tomorrow I think I will take it a little easier and maybe mow the bee plot and just tidy up around the greenhouse. This is what it looks like around the greenhouse...

Chilli's dried on the plant.
Chilli's dried on the plant.
Un-watered tomatoes.
Un-watered tomatoes.
Dropped fruit rotting away.
Dropped fruit rotting away.
Trees unkempt and brambles going wild.
Trees unkempt and brambles
going wild.
So as you can see even those easier tasks will take some time but I am determined to get it all done before the really sold weather comes. Watch this space!!!!
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4 comments:

  1. I'm feeling a bit achy just reading about all that work....lol

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    1. I didn't feel too bad the next day Ann...really felt it two days later though!!

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  2. You'll get back to normal in the end.

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    1. Probably just as well the autumn is coming...I really need the winter to get back on track!!

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