Whoa!!!

I cannot believe how quickly weeds grow! I knew they grow at a rate of knots but this is ridiculous.

I have 4 beds, with 'grass' in-between. However this is not lawn but a mix of dandelion, clover, nettle and this stupid grass stuff (don't ask what me what it is). This is the worst stuff ever because it keeps growing heads of seed. I cut it down - with shears, because I don't yet own a strimmer nor mower - and yet the next time I'm up there it's back.

To make things worse, my 79 year old neighbour from 2 plots down was speaking last week about giving his plot up at the end of the year. And this is down to the amount of weeds that's growing in his plot!!!!!! My uncut weeds must be the culprit for this. I feel so bad. This guy is up at his plot all day, every day - it's his life. What would happen if he gave up the plot? I'm actually trying not to think about it.

On the upside I've just lifted my lobby carpet and that is heading for my plot in the next couple of days. If I cut the weeds back to the ground and then cover them....well, fingers crossed.

However, enough of this negativity. We got our first strawberries of the year at the weekend. I say 'we' because I had company - my youngest son Scott. I think that's possibly because I mentioned strawberries! But as well as picking (and pinching) some strawbs he also helped weed the pumpkin patch. So my pics this time are our harvest, Scott and the newly weeded pumpkin patch.

Sorry for the moans........

Speak later, Christine

Welcome....

Well this is it folks - welcome to my allotment blog. I've been swithering for a wee while about whether to do this or not. I've been looking/reading a few others and I must say they're very impressive. It's really useful to pick up tips from others and actually seeing pics and also progress. So I've decided to give it a go.

On the downside though one my flaws is starting something, going at it with great gusto and then not keeping it up. I will try my best not to do that.

I'll also have to try extra hard to type more than 140 characters at a time because I'm so used to tweeting on Twitter now!

Anyway enough of this - welcome to 18b Greyhope Road!

After waiting approximately 3 years on the local authority waiting list I finally got the phone call. An offer of one of 2 plots - so me and hubby went to have a look. Here's a pic of 18b (never got a pic of the other but, believe me when I say, it was a small field absolutely full of weeds - knee high ones too. 18b was also a field of weeds but also had a shed and a decrepit greenhouse. At least there was something there. So I signed up, paid my money and set to work.

My next post will be along soon. As it's now been a couple of months since I started work at the plot I'm not going to post all the pics but just the most recent ones. Otherwise it would go on forever and I'd always be behind!

Speak later, Christine