I went to the allotment yesterday to paint the fence well pallet fence anyway ,so I started at one end and painted one pallet and got fed up of it. It was taking ages to paint just one section, so I cheated and filled an old weeks killer container up and sprayed it instead. I had to water the paint down a little but it did the job,well it’s not real dark but hey it’s made it look a bit better than plain pallet wood.
We are trying to sort the path out between both plots, Keith has already put boards down one side. We have just started to do the other side now, we are using old floor beams along the side of the path. Once we have put the beams all the way down then we can put some paving slabs down,well we have to get a few more first to finish the job.
I finished my fence yesterday at the allotment by putting some more panels up and putting some chicken wire on,the wire is only to stop any small animals coming through and weeds. If I want the fence to look the same all the way down,I will have to collect some more pallets but it’s doing it job now so might just leave it.
Had another good day at the allotment on thursday when I left work,i decided to sow some more seeds. People say you have to go what it says on packed,others say you don’t I think I will go in between bit of both.Also get told if you plant late or early they all will catch up in the end,so let’s see what happens. Here is a list of seeds i planted in little container.
3 Red Brunswick onions
2 Evesham sprouts
2 Manchester turnip
1 Musselburgh leeks
1 Cabbage primo
1 parsnip
2 Marigold african crackerjack
2 Turnip purple top
2 Pansy crystal clear mixed.
I missed the chance to go to the allotment yesterday due to working day and night,So I went today after work and it didn’t stop raining not like yesterday sunny day. So I decided to sow some onion seed in the greenhouse,i did 11 takeaway tubs of onions the same as last year. I sprinkled the seeds over the compost and will prick out when they get bigger,6 tubs Ailsa Craig (2 types) 3 tubs Bedfordshire onions 2 tubs of Red Kamel.
I still have some more onion seeds to sow over the next few days,also have 2 bags of Turbo onion sets to sort out well put in trays to start them off. I’m hoping to go back tomorrow and sow some more seeds,will let you know how i get on. I also got some wood from a building site well floor joists, going to use them as a border along the path which joins both allotments together.
Another good day done today I managed to put some chicken wire up along the fence,It will stop any small animals coming through (rabbits). I dug a little trench at the bottom of the fence, so I could cover the wire with soil and nothing could get through. I’ve done a section of the fence but still got a bit to do,I’ve made the trench already for the wire to fit in the next time I’m down.
I took up my remaining swedes so I could freeze them and clear the space,I only had a few small ones compared with Keith’s on the next plot. I could say it was my swede but I wont lie and give him the glory.
Had good few days at the allotment this week and quite happy what I got done,I’ve moved my compost from one bin to the other one. The top of the compost was quite new and the underneath was rotten, so I’ve just swapped it around so it will rot down a bit more. All the covers I had removed the other day have been stored away,well sat on a pallet at the bottom of the allotment out of the way.
