Marshall’s first visit
15th of November 2009
The Marshall’s have laid the foundations for their raised beds. Square beds were the order of the day, marked out as the sun set. Next steps, build the frames, but that will have to be another day…
Archived entries for prep
Beds raised
A little lighter in the wallet and few days richer for the experience, the beds have been put into the Arnold plot. Six little beauties have been installed into the Tring Allotment Fringe.
Help was called in (and offered) and in the end the beds were going in in under twenty minutes. Dan and Andy set to with saw, hammer and, in the dying stages of the day, a sieve.
In other news:
- Gary and Rachel came up and bought apple cakes. One of our beds has now been dug to a depth of six feet
- Winston fought with Baxter. He mostly lost.
- Charlotte has asked me to mention she dug the pathways. Brilliant pathways.
- I’ve geeked-out and added a sowing calendar to the website. Probably a complete folly but its been a great way to look at each plant and work out sowing and harvesting.
You can see the pics from the weekend’s work on Flickr
Measuring up
Measuring up and raking
This weekend we split up the plots. The plan was to divide the plot up into three strips from top to bottom of the allotment for each family. All was measured up and we each have a plot 4.95m/5.7m x 15.2m, with room for paths between them.
In other news:
- Charlotte and I split out our plot into six (not yet) raised beds and helped Andy do the same.
- Knocked together two compost heaps from odds and sods from around the field.
- Chris and Andy went to war on the nettles. The chooks now have free run their patch
- I met an ex-chicken farmer at a wedding who gave loads of handy hints about feeding, daylight exposure and egg yields.
- And we fixed the roof on main barn.
Very satisfying!