April has been super productive on Plot 31 as I’ve been off
work and the weather has been glorious! No April showers here – we’ve had
hardly any rain at all. With the help and muscles of David I have ticked off some
very big jobs at the allotment, and I’ve done lots of smaller projects too.
This month we have;
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Taken up and re-laid paving slabs by the shed
door
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Fixed the bottom of the shed where the panel had
rotted away
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Made five new raised beds to combat the worst
flood prone area on the plot
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Cleared vegetation off the patio area so I can
actually sit there
·
Dug a pond!
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Sowed a load of flower seed amongst the bulbs to
get a good display of mixed flowers over summer
·
Dug over and weeded three beds ready for summer
squash plants
·
Started digging over and weeding the main quince
bed, ready for major overhaul
·
Watched the solitary bees emerge
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Planted potatoes
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Weeded and started to sort out the herb bed. This
needs a major overhaul too
·
Sowed salad crops including radish, parsnip,
peas, lettuce, lambs lettuce, spinach, carrot, chard, sorrel and beetroot
·
Momma P has been and strimmed and mowed the
grass a couple of times too
Written down it doesn’t actually look like a lot, but it
feels like I’ve done loads! Every trip up the plot ends with a mass watering
session, and we’ve put fresh food out for the birds and fox maybe five times
too.
The pond is nearly done but I am awaiting oxygenating pond
plants and some aquatic compost for my new water lily. David and I are also
going to build a fence around the pond as the ground slopes, so one side is
about 2ft deep and the other only a few inches.
