Well the weather has been a bit kinder this week and I have managed to get down the plot a few times between work and home life. The Barking of the plot is still continuing but this is a few weeks from being completed but what is done looks pretty smart if I do say so myself!.
The next job on my list is construction of another
compost bin I have one already but need another to turn the compost and aerate
it. I have 4 pallets acquired from a local factory that were happy to get shot
of them. I was breaking of the bottom bits of the pallets to make them flat and
the regular hammer was doing the job but taking an age and not to mention it
was hurting my wrist with every strike. Time for a brew I thought and the new
plot holder opposite was down the allotment so I offered him a brew so the ice
was broken we got chatting and when I got round to explaining what I was doing
he went back to his shed and out he walked with a sledge Hammer! (Who keeps a
sledge hammer in there allotment shed?)I was taken aback by this but it did
make short work of the pallets.
I also made a metal note not to cross swords with Number
52! Hopefully by Sunday lunchtime the compost area will be upgraded I will post
some before and after pics.
I also got round to planning the Pear Tree as the soil
was surprisingly dry still. Won’t be long now until it will be read to take
some onion sets.
It's amazing what some people keep in their sheds. I'm contemplating getting a shed for my plot, I wouldn't keep tools in there but it would be really handy for all the pots and things like that which accumulate as we don't have a garage and the shed at home is rather full.
ReplyDeleteMartyn has been adding bits to our compost heaps and used a sledge hammer but it travelled with us from home!
ReplyDeleteI've had my sledge hammer for years, a trusty tool I couldn't do without. Problem is it's only needed now and again but there isn't usually an alternative.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking allotment!
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