Digging
Did an hour or so on the plot this lunchtime. Did a bit of weed digging up at the back of the plot for an hour or so. Didn’t seem to get much done really!
Think I need to section out the plot into named areas to make describing things easier.
Main greenhouse has lost a pane at the front by the door. Wind to blame.
Met some other allotmenteers: Brian & Diane from plot 45a (I think), Les & George who have got 3 plots including 61 (I think).
Weather: Mild. Windy as hell.
And We’re Off
Well, I’m now the current owner of plot 69 down at the Hoylake Allotment Association site over the railway line at the bottom of Sandringham Avenue, Hoylake.
I paid my annual subs when I took ownership last Sunday. The price? The princely sum of £12 - a very good deal at £1/month !
As plots 68 & 69 were doubled up by the previous owner he’d strategically built a brick base greenhouse stradling both plots 68 and 69. So me and my neighbours (Simon & Sabina at 68) have sensibly agreed to simply share the greenhouse.
Now plot 69 is somewhat overgrown right now so some serious digging is needed to get the plot into some sort of shape.
There’s a fruit cage (a biggish one) with a couple of redcurrant plants, a gooseberry plant, a logan berry, a tayberry and some other stuff that I’m not sure about just now.
There’s a man-made well with a trusty galvanised mop bucket on a long piece of rope to get the water up. There’s another small greenhouse with most of its glass missing. A few water butts. A couple of plastic chairs and a table and a wooden bench for good measure. No shed though - so that’s a project too.
Met the chaps on the other side of the fence in plot 70 this morning. Frank and Dave. They own a 3 plotter.
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Seed Shopping
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