Well it's been months and months since I updated our allotment blog, that's in part because in the second half of the year we didn't manage to do a lot with the plot due to some hard times and rotten circumstances and also because life has been a mental whirl of activity with our jobs and family life. At one point we considered giving up the plot but quickly realised if we did that and then changed our minds back it could be years before we got another one so we are sticking with it and with the current economic climate it seems sensible to have another bash at producing some of our own food.
The greatest success last year was the broad beans, I will definately plant those again, the radish were also really quick to grow and at least twice as tasty as shop bought. We only used about a quarter of the plot last year so really it's like starting anew and because we did little in the Autumn there is quite a lot of weed clearance to tackle. The next time we get a bright day we are going to skim all the weeds off and then rotavate another quarter. Peter wasn't keen to rotavate last time and did all the digging himself but it took an age so this year we'll let the machinery do some of the work and because we are members of our local allotment association we can hire a rotavator for a good price from our colony.
Anyway I hope to be updating more soon and must add some more photos. Our daughter is now 2 and a half and will be much more able to take part in activities on the plot this year which will be really good.
Friday 2 January 2009
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