Week 24

Things have been busy down at the allotment for the past week, the unseasonably warm weather has meant I have been able to get a lot of work done!

One of the big jobs I have tackled is behind the shed. Over the years it appears soil and rubbish has just been piled behind the shed. This has meant that the soil was higher than the bottom of the shed, someone had placed wood against the shed to prevent the soil from touching it but they were damp too. This has resulted in bottom the shed being very wet and rotting.

I started by taking the wood out and started to remove the soil. In the process I disturbed lots of frogs! Most seem to have found a new home under the shed or on neighbours plots.

After half a days digging I managed to clear an area away from the shed to allow the wood to dry out enough to paint. I have now given it a quick coat of paint but need to go over it again.

After another half a day we have a more or else level area behind the shed! It was a lot of hard work and has taken at least 3 trips to the tip so far! We still have a little more levelling to do by the side of the shed so we can accommodate the water butt and compost bin.

Once the shed has been painted fully all over we can then put up the guttering ready for the water butt.

Not all the work has been going on around the shed, we have been slowly weeding some of the plot that was under the black plastic. This is where my potatoes are going hopefully!

The weeding is very hard work, it is a case of digging, digging and digging again to get all the little bits of roots out!

I am hoping the warm weather stays with us a bit longer so we can continue to make progress!