End of May update..still cool but sunny

Greenhouse

Sweetcorn

Courgettes and beans

Peppers and cucumbers

Salads (and weeds)

Growing slowly

Peas

Broad beans

Artichoke

Potatoes

Herb border

Strawberries

Greenhouse

Strawberries

Cabbages

Trees

New allotment plots project: photo story!

The project got going in October 2012 with chainsaws and a small digger. The aim was to turn an overgrown and wild area of the allotment site into new plots. Here's some photos of how it is progressing....

Overgrown wildlife area

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First tree down

Cutting through the undergrowth

Wild overgrown area - 9ft brambles!!!

Finally a view from the top

Hacking back the brambles in winter 

Looking tidier

Brambles cleared - lots to burn and tree stumps to dig out

Half-way there - more spade work required

Removing tree stumps

Tree stumps and root removal

Leveling uneven ground

Spring time

Tree stumps out

Finally tidying and marking out the new plots

Entrance to new plots area

New woodchip path

5 beds marked out

Brick line border with new nature / bee strip

1 plot done - only 3 more to do!!!

A neater are - just need some new plot holders!

May started warm but has cooled off

Black Cherry Tomato and Peppers

Black Cherry Tomato and Green Bell Pepper

Blossom on Cherry 

Soggy and Cool Saturday

Sweetcorn

Cucumbers

Greening plot

Cool but sun is warm..things getting going (finally)

Cucumbers

Plum Tomatoes

Sweetcorn

Swedes

Spring Plot

Pear Blossom

Pear Blossom

All ready for Summer