at the allotment day 5 & 6: our dirty little secret

this weekend we’ve managed to put in two solid days of work. we’ve almost cultivated a skinny half of the plot. i must say i’m incredibly exhausted so is lou. saturday’s digging was mostly a rush to move the shed (with the help from our other plot neighbour “dave”) to its permanent spot in the corner of the plot. i keep meaning to take a screenshot of our plot plan. i will see if i can get copyright clearance from mrs. booyaa.

unfortunately now that shed is in place its made it impossible to use that corner to do my before and after photos. i will have to pick a new vantage point.

anyway here’s a before and updated (i think “after” pic is still some time away).

before

updated

If you click on this photo you’ll be taken to the flickr version which has notes to point out what we planted. from left to right: 2 rows of potatoes (pentland javelin), red onions, 3 rows of potatoes (charlottes), 3 alternating rows of purple spring onions and carrots (lisse de meaux).

the view from the trenches, possibly spring onions.

in other news we bought an electric propagator, our window sills seem to be incredibly cold and our seeds are taking far too long to propagate. we switch it on during the night, its off during day time and venting. i will do a separate post for this rather handy device.

sorry for the boring post, but we’re absolutely shattered and all we want to do is watch aliens the director’s cut.

facts and figures
our current expenditure is about £180
time spent on allotment: 26 hours