Hello me old china

I was right, a list appeared!! Ah well, never mind.


The guttering for the shed was delivered (by hand I might add) and a mountain of topsoil for the reclaimed land next to the small polytunnel. This is where we'll be building the fruit cage to kepp our welcome (but not on the fruit) feathered fiends, i mean friends at bay. (I love them really - RSPB member). In addition, the wood for the compost bins was also delivered so plenty to keep us busy over the coming weeks.

2 tons!!

Finished off the digging for the wildflowers. It's funny how the large square areas seem to take longer than the long strips. I turned up this old piece of crockery and as yet, have not been able to find anyone in the group who remembers the company (despite some of them being in Waterloo for longer than the allotments!) If anyone remembers the company I'd be glad to hear about them. Just add a comment.

The guttering was added to the new shed to collect the rain water, if it ever comes back, so that we can water without using precious resources from the mains. We have four 200 litre water butts that will be linked to ensure we have a plentiful supply.

It's not a small shed, David is nearly as tall as Hadrig

Work is ongoing cataloguing the seeds that we have and is about halfway through - that's a lot of seeds. More trays have been planted and some of those planted in the past weeks are beginning to grow.

Potatoes have been planted in the raised beds and Jenny and Marion's herb garden has been planted - the aroma from this will be fantastic as the temperatures rise and it should be buzzing with insects.

We've also started to prepare the second polytunnel for tomatoes. The soil in here is a bit weak at the moment so will need some organic matter adding, but I'm sure that we'll have a bountiful crop this year. 

Finally, we've planted some shrubs specifically for pollinators. We really do need all the help we can get from them and in return, we are doing what we can to provide food for them.

 We've planted a lavender hedge

And this is manuka

So what will next week bring? More of the same. It's planting time and still structural work to complete. Time to prepare for those warm up exercises and get the tools ready.

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It would be lovely to hear what you think of the work we are doing and of the blog so please leave a comment, it will be greatly appreciated.

See you next week and happy gardening

@SeftonGreenGym