My veg patch is quite productive at the moment. Im keeping the weeds down and its hardly rained for a while which helps against weeds and slugs but means more watering.
I didnt buy any veg at all this week as we have plenty.
I've got an area about 30 X 20 to dig this Autumn for spuds next spring .Then thats pretty much all the useful area incorporated as the rest is beside a 6ft fence and under tall trees from next door.
Thats going to remain the wild life bit.
got to the far back and find a very strong base for a greenhouse n potting shed n store
the site was a kitchen garden for the local schools long before it became allottments and i got the greenhouse base
what have you folk discovered ?
picked stuff and got a roomsworth of carpet today by asking the random carpet fitter (docks bad )
fourth set of beetroot have beets but
my "greenhouse" well little and a bit bashed (but quality and on ace footings ) wall stumps , are exposed but it will posh up with some materials and work , i hope into a shed and 20 by 10 ft glass house
i dont look like that now but ...
how you doing ?
maybe , sizes wont matter as this will be a collection of random windows , framed to fit .
cheers
tis a big base , i think i will need to buy a floor and sole plate ,bolts etc but the glazing must be recycled
im on the hop here cos ive only just excavated the brickwork to the full size,i will need several housefulls of windows to build the glass house
please
They're not going anywhere for now so let me know if/when you want them. I had the same idea as you but OH brought reality and time into the equation which made them impractical.
i think i got most of the bramble etc but lots of weed seeds still germinate and dock is a hardy survivor (eat young leaves or roots , bitter but edible ) and the grasses are quick to recover
im in year 2 and using dark fleece n plastic to heat n solarise some of my beds this year .
colettedeann
Joined: 11 May 2016 Posts: 35 Location: Chelmsford
Posted: Wed May 11, 16 9:28 pm Post subject:
this has been an interesting read - got my plot today - 10 rods - VERY overgrown so was looking for advice - and have found a fair bit of info that i will try out
by overgrown I mean waist high grass and weeds - but also some huge rhubarb (made myself a very nice rhubarb crumble tonight ) - there are also some fruit bushes - i think raspberries and was told there was also red currants - and 2 small trees that i haven't been able to identify
other inherited finds so far is a strawberry patch that looks salvagable if i can carefully get rid of weeds - i think spring onions - a concrete slabbed area where i can put a cheap greenhouse - a shed in very good nick with a small chest of drawers, a few shelves - string, canes and a few other bits
some of the rhubarb had gone to seed, so an experienced allotmenteer suggested i rid myself of seed, so we yanked them all off and ended up with loads of usable rhubarb and a load for the compost!! - that reminds me - there are also 3 compost bins made from pallets that are overflowing and coming apart - which i will deal with later (maybe very much later) - we also pulled up some of the ?spring onions? which i have cleaned but not eaten any of yet
tomorrow i am going to go around the plot and remove the weed seed heads that are in abundance before i start hacking the grass down (unless i can find a cordless strimmer to borrow which will be easier than hacking!) we are not allowed to use carpet on our sire - so will probably go for cardboard and black plastic sheeting (which they sell in the allotment shop) to kill off some of the plot weed and grasses
all in all i am really happy with the plot i have been allocated - and hoping to find so more 'goodies' when i start clearing
lots of broad beans ,salads ,stuff etc .
but 
but it will posh up with some materials and work , i hope into a shed and 20 by 10 ft glass house 
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