The Little Lounge: Allotment

I blogged on the 24/03/15 about the allotment that we had and that I was 4th on the list for the local allotments, I promised I would keep you updated so the news is that we are now 1st on the list and have been offered a choice of two. One is on a hill by the woods and doesn't get much light and I expect is a bit of a pond in the winter, the other is at the side of the allotments in full sun and comes with a shed!! Well what do you think?? So plot 12 in the sun it is! Yay! What about relaxing after work in the garden with a glass of wine and not having to go to the allotment to water, I hear you cry! yeah yeah well if I don't take it now they will put me to the bottom of the list and I could be waiting another 10 years! And then they might only offer me the pond by the woods and I will never get one. So much thinking to do, exciting! I would like it to be different from my last allotment, I haven't decided much more than that, I will leave the planning up to my dreams at night. The site the allotments are on is so different to my last, it certainingly isn't tidy and the paths are uneven and the grass is not cut. I may even join in and have a rambling allotment, some where to hide and sunbathe, maybe as it is close to home I will walk up with my glass of wine after work!

Here is the allotment, our new plot 12, as you can see it doesn't look anything like our last one and it needs a lot of work, but we can do it, the last one was chest high with brambles and I had to get a tractor to flail it and even then I couldn't put a fork in it!

I'm thinking Victoria Plums and blueberries

Flowers, onions and potatoes

What do you think? Do you have an allotment? Do you have any advise, would love to hear it? If you are unable to leave a comment email me at kraftywindsor@gmail.com