Our Allotment venture!: the Allotment

Well we had a great day at the allotment today,we have been up there most of the day and came home about 6pm,the sun was shining it was lovely and warm and managed to get loads done.This Morning it was full of willow so Paul dug all of them out of the area where the raised beds are going and is planting the all around the perimeter of the chicken area for shelter and to make a willow hedge all the way around. This morning it was just a bare area then it was strimmed and cleared of stones etc,I put string lines all over where the paths are going to be and the 4 raised beds and the chicken run area,next the top soil! The top soil is in a mound and I mean a BIG mound in the far corner so this needed to be dug out and barrowed accross to the raised beds,meanwhile Paul made shuttering around the edge and the raised bed came together in no time,Tanya worked like a little trojan horse today it has to be said,digging painting wheel barrowing,clearing away...the metal container is now painted a lovely green colour and no longer looks like a rusty old thing but now looks like a shiny new thing!

Mum came up for a while and brought the VERY needed refreshment TEA! and crisps,did some digging and wheel barrowing thanks Mum...

View from the top of the allotment,4 raised beds and a massive bit at the bottom for the chickens measuring 25 feet by 17 feet! bigger than my house that...they better appreciate this! This will also be the view from our shed when it is built very soon,there is going to be a BBQ too and a pond for my Ducks,Jack informed us today that someone keeps nicking his chickens, he had 20 now he has 12,someone must be pinching them because if it was the fox there would be feathers somewhere but there isn't. So Mr Fox let's see if you out wit us because we are on to you in a big way!