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Spent the morning on my new plot. Half of it is now weed free. The other half isn't too bad, so will be even easier. We've got lovely light sandy soil on our site as well, which makes digging a pleasure
Put some hardboard over the inside of the window in the shed to keep prying eyes away. Not that anything of value will be in there. Put some hooks up and even had time to try out my chair that I took down there
There is an area at the far end of the plot about 15 feet long that is piled up weeds and soil that has been there for at least seven years and covered with plastic. I shall gradually go through that over the winter and barrow the soil back on to the rest of the plot to raise the level up a bit.
All in all it's starting to look good

Light sandy soil, a chair, wait a minute, i thought allotments were meant to be all hard work.

Glad you're enjoying it, PJ.

oldherbaceous wrote:Light sandy soil, a chair, wait a minute, i thought allotments were meant to be all hard work.

Glad you're enjoying it, PJ.

OH, you understand of course, that I was just checking the load bearing capacity of the shed floor. Health & safety you know

Indeed i do understand, PJ, these things must be checked.

Clearing and mulching the veg beds, picking a late crop of sweet desert grapes, handy for taking to my elderly Mum, she is in hospital at the moment
as she didn't respond an to antibiotic course at home, so they are giving it IV. Won't be on line as much because taking the opportunity to get more gardening done and visits to Mum. Sunshine still forecast for the next couple of days.

Dear Nature's Babe, hope your Mum is soon feeling in better health.

Will miss your posts on the forum while you are so busy.

Dear Nature's Babe,

I wish your Mum a speedy recovery, but enjoy your 'you' time in the garden too.

Elle and OH, thank you for your good wishes, she is currently doing quite well, and I am making the most of some me time too!

Another glorious day. Picked 8 lbs of Sloes so that's Christmas sorted. Lots of migrating House Martins yesterday but none today - perhaps they've all gone now.

Forgot how nice it is to have a run of dry days, certainly makes my job a lot easier.

oldherbaceous wrote:Forgot how nice it is to have a run of dry days, certainly makes my job a lot easier.

Good morning OH,
It has been nice here this week as well, although it's a bit cloudy today. It's certainly enabled me to push on with sorting out the plot

Good morning PJ, all joking apart, this is a very good time to take over an allotment. You can still see what plants and bushes there are, and also get any work done ready for the Spring.

Good morning OH,

How right you are. I always feel sorry for anybody taking one over in the middle of summer when the weeds are waist high.
I've had my eye on this one for a while, ever since I heard that the previous tenant was vacating it
Just trying to get as much done this week as I can, as I'm away in Suffolk next week

It's really beginning to look and feel like autumn is well into its stride now. The hens and ducks aren't out till after breakfast and they're in bed by six in the evening. There's grass frost most mornings and temperatures are forecast to fall in the next few days. Just started enjoying the late crop of French beans from the polytunnel, so hope they'll hold out till next month.

Parsons Jack wrote:Good morning OH,

How right you are. I always feel sorry for anybody taking one over in the middle of summer when the weeds are waist high.......

If intending to weedkill that is the best time as vigorously growing plants react most to weedkiller.