Anyone with an allotment?

Woah! Readymade! Nice.

shed looks a damn site tidier than ours! nice.

Result!

congrats - i love mine i spend nearly all weekends down there - ive seriously considered installing a bed so i can sleep over

This.

Im so keen to camp out at ours but will need to get it ship shape first..

Woah, allotment game on point there. What a score!

My half-plot neighbours hung out in their shed until 4am one warm night last week, said it was ace.

I'd be tempted to bivy over sometime but not in my rat infested shed!

New trimmer purchased... little human is very happy with the box..

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One more day and we should have the entire front plot cleared and ready to plant, spent all day removing grass and weeds.

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Someone got stuck into her little area today, started to clear it with her, hopefully find some more wood to remake the border a bit more solidly too!

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Weeding. Digging. Clearing. Knackered.

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Any clue where I might find some willow stems for £0?

Very nice. What are your plans

Depends if you want them super long or are prepared to wait. Willow propagates super easy, just put it in the ground and it grows. cuttings can be kept in cold storage for a fairly long time and still propagate without issue. So if you know someone with willow, just ask them for some cuttings.

Long term project, just thinking it would be a nice touch to the allotment...

Short stems would be fine, 1-2ft as to create a barrier that’s a bit nicer than pallets.

Head for a river bank and take some cuttings?

:) this one is for cut flowers while the soil cleans. Was previously owned by a gardener with an affection for chemicals so don’t want to eat stuff off it this year.

Good plan.

I’ll Go hunting!

@R.hobbs +1 my partner knows a spot near us where she sources willow just don't hack the whole lot down obvs!

Thanks!

I’ll swing around the town on the bike this afternoon. Be nice to use something that regrows and is waste free!

Any lawnmower recommendations? Will be used for keeping pathways tidy but also for the garden at home (which we haven't bought yet), so needs to be portable. Any benefit of either petrol or cordless electric? Good/bad brands? And would John Lewis be a bad place to purchase from? Got some vouchers to use up. Ta.

I've got a Mountfield petrol push mower thing . Had it about 10 years, seems to handle all the neglect and abuse yet still soldiers on. Engine must be a tough critter as I never put any oil in it for years, put some in coupe of weeks ago, overfilled it with plumes of smoke, drained some off and still working. Folding handle so goes in the back of the car.

Put the rhubarb to good use.

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No filth please, this is a family website.

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Spent the afternoon rotovating the other half of our plot today. I had originally planted leafy greens there last year but over the winter it go so weeded up the seedlings didn’t stand a chance. So it’s a blank canvas. First thing to go in is a long term asparagus bed.

I put whatever gravel I had in for drainage. Will let the soil breath a bit then get them in.

One thing that has struck me today. Although our rotovator is great at its job, it’s so heavy. I’ve managed to scrape our cars paint work today and so I feel it’s time to get something lighter.

However the one we have, old skool merry tiller is the business and goes through the shitty clay soil like butter. Being heavy helps it on the soil but not my back.

I’ve considered a trailer. But I’ve never used one and would need to store it somewhere. A new car seems excessive 🤷🏼‍♂️