This week on the allotment has been all about building beds and paths.
After more than a month, we’re still at the point where we’re reconfiguring and re-jigging the layout of the plot.
The bed that already contained flowering daffs when we took it over – we’ve decided to plant it up with some more and other different flowering bulbs. We’d like to, eventually, plant it with snowdrops, crocuses, tulips, English bluebells – there’s already some crocosmia there that will flower in late summer. The plan is for this bed if for it to be ever-flowering – as soon as one type of flower dies back, there’s already another coming up to take its place.
Our little robin friend was back again to busk for us – his payment being some fat, freshly-dug up worms!
We came across another small stockpile of old red bricks – we quickly used them up to make another little path between a couple of beds. Next week, it will be down to some serious planting – hurrah!
wow you’ve got alot done! I had an allottment but after the third little one came along and I started my own business just found it too hard going so my dad took over. Now I I get to enjoy it without all the hard work and eat the produce too 😉
One year a Robin decided to make a nest in the shed in some gardening gloves! Have fun!
Jax x
Hi Jax, We’re really enjoying the allotment at the moment. Ask us how we feel about it on December when we’ve had a 10-day stretch of nothing but rain! 😉
I saw a photo on Pinterest of a robin nesting in a teapot hanging on a wall. They are such great birds – friendly and smart.