Monday, January 19, 2009


Had a delivery of scaffolding planks to make raised beds.
The centre of my allotment has very poor drainage so it makes it impossible to walk on any cultivated areas when it rains heavily.
With having raised beds i will be able to work on this area all year round come rain or shine.
The beds are in process but before i can put them into place i have to clear out the weeds and then going over the ground with the rotovator avoiding the marked out pathways.
Will post a photo of this next time :-)

January 2009


Been absent for some time on this blog but i intend to keep it updated this year :-/


Been busy cleaning out my small raised beds which i call my salad beds.

I have added mushroom compost to three of the beds for peas and beans,garden compost to a few of the beds for carrots and parsnips and very well rotted horse manure for other goodies lol.

The horse manure as been under black plastic for over a year and half and now resembles cow pats!!!!
Covered a couple of beds with black plastic to warm up the soil so i can sow my carrots, parsnips and peas in the next week or so.


I am in the process of laying down thick black plastic around the beds,this will then be covered in wood chip/bark to make neat paths.