New beginnings!

My back garden is tiny and although I grow vegetables and fruit there, there's not enough room for what I want to grow. My only option is to get an allotment. Now I am fortunate that where I live there are plenty of allotments to choose from, and one is sited not far from my house.

I have a partner in crime... err gardening, Melissa is a friend from uni. We decided that a no-dig approach would probably suit us best. We looked at plots and came across one that had a huge chicken shed, a grow tunnel, and plenty of fruit trees and various unidentified bushes.

This is what the plot looked like from the road first time I went there.



The grow tunnel is full of weeds, but the infrastructure is in great shape


Lots of carpets, it seems


Lots of room in the shed


And an enormous chicken shed with rhubarb, garlic and blackcurrant growing outside


There seems to be lots of small raised beds dotted randomly over the whole plot. I prefer large beds with no frames, but some of these will be useful for a small hotbed I reckon!


Exciting times!