It's that time of year again!!!

Fresh Start!!

Well, as the heading suggests, it's time for the allotment planting to begin!!  It has been very well ploughed over for a small fee, but well worth it!! It's just ready to start raking over, digging in a bit of 'good stuff', and off we go!!

This is the view from the top most part, and where, hopefully, I will be planting sweetcorn....

              This is the view from the bottom end, the stick being my boundary!!

I managed to get an old bench down, because it would be nice to have somewhere to sit, and drink tea, as last year, all I had was a plastic pallet!!! (May 8th 2012!)

Any hoo... With the help of my big sister who was over for a visit, (bit of a bus man's holiday for her, but thanks for your help!!) I decided to separate the plot into manageable sections, so we made some paths...

                             And we also managed to get in 4 rows of spuds..

                                                And 4 rows of broad beans!!

At the weekend, I also managed to drag down OH and youngest son for a bit more help, and we got in another 3 rows of spuds, 2 rows of red onion sets, a row of spring onions and carrots!! Also put down some black plastic to try and stop the weeds this year!! (well, it's worth a try!!) and some wooden paths that can be moved as and when I need to...photos to follow, as the sun is out and I must go and hang out washing!!



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