allotment.....a lot done!

Here's my plot before and after. Its actually much more finished now than it is in the bottom pic.
It just shows what can be done in a 6 month period even on your own. Just keep at it a little at a time.

I cant believe the difference, there used to be nothing but 8 foot bracken, couch grass and every other giant weed.

 

That's a lot of hard work! I completely agree though - even big projects are perfectly manageable - you just ahve to keep at it, and you soon see lots of progress. It's good to take photos so you can remind yourself of what you've acheived - as sometimes you can't see much difference!

 

That's quite a job Sawfish. It will be great this summer when you can look at it and think "I created this".

 

Yes its an amazing feeling. Cant help thinking the dreaded weeds are still there waiting to rear their ugly heads despite me getting rid of literally tons of roots with a riddle.

 

"One year seeding five years weeding"
You'll get there.

 

Wow!!! You must have worked soooooo hard!! You are lucky to be able to make the time - I had an allotment very briefly, but had to give it up after less than a year, just simply because with 2 small children and o/h works a long way away, we couldn't manage to get enough time needed.... :( ... but I'm getting my small veg patch this year.. :D so, any unusual veg this year? I see your interests include climbing veg... and have you got a patch where you can sit and relax.... It always made me giggle - most of the retired chaps always had their shed, stuffed full of toys, with the gas burner and a kettle, deckchair, radio, etc.... to sit and pass the time away!!!!pretending to be really busy!!

 

You could be almost self sufficient with a patch like that. I would like to see it in late summer.

 

What do you do with all the produce .. market stall?

 

I'm going to be growing many colourful beans and peas, weather permitting. I like the idea of growing beans over stuff like chairs, ladders etc then taking pictures (I'm a photographer). i've now built two wooden people to grow my purple podded peas up and a house shaped wooden frame for runner beans.

In the unusual veg front it will be Scorzonera, Salsify, Skirret, Babbingtons Leeks, Good King Henry and anything else I like the name of. This I am sure is typical of a novice, I bet all the old gardeners are smirking a bit.

As far as what I'll do with it all, I dont know. Maybe buy a bigger freezer or give it to my friends and family.

The hut is great, it came complete with wood burning stove and a small gas cooker with butane cylinder. Its jam packed with odd old tools and strange items each with a lot of history attached I'm sure. The man who had it before had it for 35 years and had to give it up as he was too old, very sad. The strange thing is that although the allotment does seem to be slowly filling up, Springburn Allotment has no waiting list and there are plots up for grabs! Weird that there are bits of land going for �£15 a year that nobody seems to want in a city the size of Glasgow.

 

i had no idea scotland had allotments, tho i must have seen a few pidgeon huts from the train .... i live in largs and would love an allotment, but the nearest ones are quite a way off, i think a farmer has "diversified"
wd for creative thinking anyway

 

I can't find any local to me either, TLG - such a pity, as I want to do more veg gardening, and can't use all my space for it!