We have Moved

Having been flooded out of our plot we have moved from no. 21 to no. 10 instead of a triangular shape this allotment is nice and square.

In the middle we have a cherry tree . There is a plastic shed and a lean too already on sight. The guy who used to own the plot has looked after it very well up till now but he has moved out of the area which is why he has left the shed etc..

There is a nice row of Leaks. John thinks that they are past it but I was reading that it is only in the second year that leaks flower and bare seed

There was also some asparagus which I am really looking forward to eating next year. too late for this season I'm afraid

There are Gooseberries and some cane's that John thinks are white berries. We will have to see what comes up. We will need to build a fruit cage to stop the birds getting to them. There is a lot of flowers on them at the moment so we are hoping that we will get a good crop this year. All in all that's a result as on the old plot we wouldn't have had anything till next year

 The shed is really nice inside. Not only does it have carpet it also has shelves and  comes complete with pesticide spray tubs. We are going to move the other shed across to face door to door. one will be to keep the dirty stuff in the other will be for the gas stove and coffee. I said that John could use it as his other office for preparing his sermons. He wasn't as enthusiastic as me about that one.










We have a lot of work to do to move across all that we had planted in the other site across. I think that we were very lucky to get a plot so quickly this time. We first put our name down for an allotment in 2007 and had to wait for nearly 5 years for one to come up. It appears as if Newport Pagnell council have split all the old allotments in two doubling the amount of plots that are available. The other half of our plot has 2 lovely mature rhubarb plants. it would have been nice to have them but I like this site better further away from the river.

So Jobs that will have to be done are
1) dig site
2) move stock from old plot (onions, leaks, rhubarb, Black currents, Red currents, Gooseberries and some potatoes)
3) move Manure heap from old plot
4) move shed from old plot (then we will have 2)
5) prune Cherry tree

Oh man its gonna take a while but it will be worth it.