Rosas New Allotment

What a shame! I could have come over and watched - notice I said 'watched' and not 'helped', lol. I know there is a waiting list for allotments here as Ray had one for a while - he kept chickens

Be prepared for hard work but it gives you something to aim for everyday and your thoughts about having a seating area make it sound lovely. Hope you get something soon.

cheers

 

thanks jazmine, more seeds to keep, just bought a arch today to keep for when i get the allotment.
borrowers, im hoping my friend gets one within 3 months at shiremoor hes been on list 3 years so shouldnt be long, iff i move on his will let you know and invite you over, the ones available soon are great and not much to do, just on my side do my garden area, will get the wine and we can sit and have a few glasses.

 

weeeeeheeeeeee got my allotment, they were only joking they have been clearing it up as my friend didnt want me to see the mess it was in. well here it is this side will be my seating area and further up my garden area and veg patch, we still got loads to do, cant see me putting my flowers and climbers in this year, should be all done by next may, my friend is making a large shed so we decided to each put money in.
here are the pics of it, getting my keys on tuesday

 

up to were that blue bin is im putting my arches and greenhouse, fencing and flowers, bottom end having my seating area and gazebo, under the apple tree

 

Thats Brilliant Rosa, Its huge, Your head must be hurting with all your Idea's going round Loving the idea of the Pergola and seating area :thumb: Oooh your gonna have a great time. Arent you :D Happy Gardening Rosa, Love Dee..

 

thanks dee, this last pic this right side is my friends the other side is mine, mind we are going to use all of it, im buying some small fencing next week possible get that down and go from there cant wait to get it sorted with all my seating area and flowers and climbers in garden area, top part were seating area is my gazebo is going there, will be great once its sorted

 

The little devils hey Rosa, pulling your leg like that. But what a lovely suprise for them to clear it all for you you must be so chuffed!!!! Congratulations hun, Im made up for you.:yho::hehe: Wendy X

 

hi takemore i know wicked guys hehe, he called me at teatime and said he would pick me up, he didnt want me to see it before so him and his mate been cleaning it up these past 2 weeks, they are going at 7 in the morning to dig some more and they been putting fence and a door up with a lock on it, the whole site you cant get in without a key so its pretty private allotments anyone just cant walk in and best of it is, theres a shop thats sells compost, flowers and seeds half price and i can park my car in the grounds its an excellent site.
im made up cant wait to get started and make my mark

 

Rosa, you so deserve to have an allotment- all the effort you put into your balcony :thumb:

I am sooooooo excited for you, I feel I am there with you.

Enjoy every minute of it and have an opening party :hehe:

 

arghhhh thanks jazmine, dont think i will be going up till next wednsday, my friends bringing me the key on tuesday evening and i have to wait in as i bought a greenhouse on e-bay so it getting sent out monday hope it arrives tuesday iff so i shall go up next wednsday and put some fencing up im going to buy, we will definately be having a party and we are right next to a social club, i said to my friend i bought a tent and he said your not staying at night are you theres rats haha

 

Your own little plot of land at last hey Rosa. It will help keep you busy while hubby is working away. :thmb: 02

 

Congrats Rosa :D

 

I am soooooooooo happy for you Rosa:yho:.......what a great space and so much potential too.:gnthb::gnthb:

I'd come and help if i was closer:D:thumb:.....keep on posting those pics too.:thumb:

Question though:cnfs:.....what did you mean by"getting the key".....i guess i dont understand what allotments are:dh::hehe:

 

Many Congratulations Rosa:gnthb: I've been saying to you for ages it is a pity you hadn't got a garden where you could grow some flowers now you can do both,flowers and veggies:D Take it slowly as you need to get used to the exercise because if you do too much at once you will mess up your back.Don't forget to get some gardening gloves and you might want to get some cheap buckets in which to put the weeds.

Good luck and keep us informed as to how it goes.I will have to put up some more photos in my allotment thread so you can see what you could grow.You will be able to grow some sweet peas up your arch and either a clematis or a nice climbing rose

Oh and you will need some watering cans{plastic as they are lighter} and there was something else I had thought of but have now forgotten it:dh: You might be better to leave the greenhouse putting up until the spring then it won't have got damaged if there is a lot of winter snow or wind,but that is up to you.Are you buying any staging for the greenhouse,as it will give you back ache having all your seed trays on the floor.Thats another thing you will need,seed trays in which to sow your seeds plus flower pots for when you prick the stuff out plus compost and fertiliser.:D

Penny,the key will be for the gate that you can see at the far end of the plot.Over here in the UK you have to lock the gates or thieving toe rags will come onto the plots and steal anything they fancy like your equipment or vegetables:(

 

thanks for the wonderful comments takemore, katherna , penny and kandy,
penny as kandy says you need a locked entrance to keep people out so we have a locked door to our allotment also the whole allotment site is surrounded by big steel fencing and a massive steel fenced gates see i need a key to get in the entrance which im getting on tuesday.
kandy, i have got some watering cans and im buying some staging for my greenhouse, got garden gloves, the shop on the premises sells large bags of compost so buying some to put over my garden area soil.
for my arch im buying a clematis montana, honeysuckle, jazmine and lots of flowers for my garden area.
when i get a bit more done will take some pics of my areas progress