Allotment geekery

A busy weekend on the allotment with our extra quarter plot to clear and raised beds to build.  The extra quarter is COVERED in grass and weeds, the soil is sodden and so full of clay we could build pots with it.  It was hard going but we got about a third of it dug over. 

What we did:

• Cleared the leaf litter from under the apple tree and composted it
• Dug over the sodden soil to get the grass and weeds out and get some air back in the soil
• Sowed broad beans in the polytunnel plot ready for the spring
• Built a raised bed
• Dug up some leeks and swedes for making winter soup

Further Allotment Geekery

So this Saturday we extended our allotment empire by one raised bed, a mere raised bed?  Yep, but this bad boy is in a polytunnel which means tomatoes, chillies, and peppers galore!

We're plot 16 on the right in between two experts: Rodney and Liz (they already have seedlings on the go, this may not sound much but I haven't even finished digging over the rest of the plot).

Mmmmm new top soil (yeah you heard me).

And finally garlic (ignore the weeds they've gone now), just waiting for a frost to split the cloves. 

Well that's quite a lot of excitement for one day...... ta ra for now.