Day 3: Saturday 3rd March, 2007
Heavy, heavy rain on the evening of Friday 2nd March meant that digging further earth was almost impossible yesterday. The ground resembled porridge with glue in it. We therefore looked at this as an opportunity to clear the brambles and Japanese knotweed from the back of the site….and then burn [...]
Archive for March, 2007
Clearing Brambles, Burning Stuff..
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Digging Out Mare’s Tail in the Rain.
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Day 2: Sunday 25th February, 2007
The previous allotment holder had placed old carpets over sections towards the back of the plot. We thought this would be a good place to start as the carprets would have stopped much of the growth in the ground they covered. Moving the carpets proved tricky since they were completely soaked and [...]
Taking possession, Shopping…
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Day 1: Saturday 24th February, 2007
We were due to meet Allotment Secretary Martin Reeve at the Clubhouse at 11.30am on Saturday 24th. We were late but he forgave us and decided to still gave us the plot.
Here is what the plot looked like.
Martin had previously told us that the plot was riddled with Mare’s Tail weed. We had [...]
