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The plot I inherited!

Mimcr

I received my allotment in December 2007 after only a 2 month wait!!

It is 50ft x 27ft and I am very very lucky to have inherited a sturdy shed (6 x 4ft), a wheelbarrow, a rake, a spade, a pre built timber compost bin, a plastic compost bin, 3 gooseberry bushes, 6 raspberry canes (not sure if summer or autumn fruiting), a harvest of x2 parsnips ..... oh ... and a healthy growth of couch grass and thistles....

Keen to get prepared before spring, I have managed to...

Mimcr

Not raining, so I have done my best to clear my veg patch of pine cones and pine needles.

Noticed my cats had also use it as a toilet - who said cats don't use their own gardens!

Added the large bag of horse manure I bought last year in the summer to the veg patch and made sure it was well-incorporated. Lots of worms in the horse manure, so hopefully thats a good sign?

Post a message on the newbie section, asking how long to wait before starting up the...

blakemj

Already getting itchy fingers for the new growing season. On New Year's Eve I had my first daffodil open in the garden, before the snowdrops had poked their heads through!
I checked last year's diary and saw I planted tomatoes, peppers and chillies today. Well they went in a day earlier this year, so it will be interesting to compare the results.
I plant them inside, and they occupy the bedroom windowsill until the end of March. I was lucky with the mild weather last year, they coped...

BarleySugar

Well it's week 2 of 2008 and what a wet week its been, brings back memories of last summer.

The plots pretty empty right now, just a few sprouts and some purple sprouting left, on the plus side did manage to get a victoria plum planted and started work on another raised bed ready for spring.

Can't wait to start planting properly, doubling the numbers of runners this year, galaxies and scarlet emporers on the plan at the moment, and of course some french cobras, tried...

Herbgardener