Allotment Corner #1

We here at Cheezey Towers have recently acquired an allotment to augment our garden veg patch.
Why we need so many vegetables when there are only two residents of said household is a little unclear to me but Mr Cheeze assures me that this is an entirely necesary undertaking and so here we are. We took posession of the allotment a few weeks ago and, as you can see from the photos, it has been neglected somewhat for quite a while so there is much to do to get it ready for planting in the spring.

                                                      The weedy plot!

So far we have managed to clear one small area of weeds by covering them with tarram sheeting to smother them and then  removing any stubborn ones by hand, the sheeting was then moved to another area to smother the weeds there. Yesterday we decided to take some compost from the compost heap at home to add to the weeded area, which will then be rotavated into the ground once we have a large enough amount of compost. So we loaded up the car with a few bags of compost and employed the services of a small person to help us with the weeds (you can hire a small person for a day for very reasonable rates, the usual being roughly half a dozen toasted marshmallows and a couple of chocolate biscuits).

View of compost bin and rusty old wheelbarrow garden ornament with assorted stick  pile accessories.                                                                                             

                                            Area cleared so far.

We have also inherited some raised beds, shown here to demonstrate the level of weed infestation.

Our small person appeared to have little experience with agriculture and seemed slightly out of his depth when it came to weed removal but we have high hopes for his potential as the project progresses. As an incentive we have agreed to a pay rise in line with his gaining of expertise. He soon hopes to reach the dizzying heights of 1 family size bag of crisps and a giant bottle of pop.

                                             Yay, dirty hands!!!  (Pic by Joe)

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                                         This mud don' arf stick to yer trowel!! (Pic by Joe)

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After carrying multiple heavy bags of compost from the car Mr Cheeze then turned his attention to the tree which needed pruning back, as he is an avid fan of anything sharp and/or pointy he had a lovely time cutting and chopping whilst our small employee and I messed about in the dirt dealt with the weeds.

                                           Mr Cheeze surveying his territory! (Pic by Joe)

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Then it was time to return to Cheezey towers so our small person could collect his wages - toasted marshmallows, chocolate biscuits and lashings of ginger beer (well a cup of tea, we have'nt got any ginger beer). Stay tuned for more on the allotment in future posts!