DATE: Tuesday
15th April 2008 Today
I removed all weeds from the raised bed, it has given me a real sense of
achievement. Even the other allotmenteers commented on how tidy is seems. I have
some Organic compost to dig into the bed next, for the time being its covered
with black weed suppressing fleece. 
The
weather has been the best so far this year today, and so allowed me to spend the
whole day up on my plot. I burnt some large woody stems left over form the giant
sunflowers, some old pieces of wood and again had and general tidy up. I
bought a tool store, for my garden tools from B&Q, however it started cracking
as I assembled it, I am not impressed with it at all. However, its now not easy
to take a part and take back, so I shall be sending photos and a letter of
complaint! 
While
tidying up I found some Rhubarb and Raspberry canes, so this looks like I have a
fruit bed too!
DATE: Sunday
13th April 2008 Today
I started to tidy up the allotment. With intermittent April showers and hail
stones!, I've managed to make a start, gathering up all the plastic bags. I have
never seen so many empty compost bags, bin liners and carrier bags, some have
clearly been there for years! The wheelie bin now lives at home (again it was
full of empty plastic bags!) and the rest of the rubbish, will need the use
of my Dad's trailer to cart it all away. I
started on the compost heap, adding some new fresh stuff to it, including some
of the compost from the plastic bags. This really needs to be turned and dug in,
perhaps even an organic 'activator' might be need. The woody stuff needs chopping up into smaller pieces,
otherwise I think it will be good compost. However, I can't decide whether its a
good idea to use the compost bin, or the 'cage' that already exist so for the
time being I'll use both! 
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DATE: Sunday 6th
April 2008 I was hoping to
get started on the Allotment today and take some photos for the Blog, but we
have had the heaviest snow fall of the year here and so frustratingly I can't do
any work on the plot today. However, I am doing my research on line and finding
some wonderful organic seed/plant nurseries and all the latest gadgets to help
me with my new project!
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DATE: Saturday
5th April 2008 About
a month or so ago I decided that I would like an Allotment! I wanted to start to
grow my own herbs, plants, flowers etc. that I use in my incense, smudge mixes
and other herbal products. I also need a new project to focus on. I contacted
the local council about a plot and to my surprise this April several became available
at my local allotment site. Today
at 1pm I meet the lettings committee member who showed me about four different
plots to choose from. After walking around different plots I had chosen 3B; a
plot that was previously own by an elderly gentlemen, who had left it in an
untidy state. However I was told that he said I could keep everything on the
plot. And so I have inherited a wheelbarrow, garden fork, compost bin, tarpaulin,
several plastic buckets, some onions and asparagus. The
first stage will be to tidy up the plot, and clear all the weeds, start digging
and plan how I will plant it up. 
I
hope to grow medicine herbs and plants as well as wild flowers and other ingredients
I use in my herbal products. I will try grow my own vegetables and some fruit,
and it will all be organic too. And
with this blog I hope to share with you my journey with this little plot as I attempt
to 'Grow my own......'
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