First visit to our allotment

Today we skipped along to our potential new allotment to check it over for the first time. It wasn't hard to work out which one was ours, considering all the rest looked neat and tidy, even if it is still winter.

It's a good size plot, around 10m wide and 25m long as can be seen in the photo. Looks good for a wide range of fruit and veg, though we'll have to check out the soil etc first. We'll have to visit some other people's plots and get some local advice.

Whoever used to own the plot has been growing, from what we can make out of what is still left (and some of it is edible too!): sprouts, onions, leaks, strawberries, rhubarb, cabbages and a few other things too.

It needs a bit of tidying up but is generally in good shape, so we can't wait! Now we just have to plan out what we're going to do with it. The kids want their little share too.

It started with a phone call...

Around about 2004 we put our name down for one of the allotments over the road from where we live. Last week, ie 6 years later (!) we got a call from the council asking if we were still interested... still interested, are you mad? we thought!

A £10 deposit secured the key, with a plan of our plot. We have to look over it first to see if its to our liking. That's the plan for today... and the kids are very excited!

Back soon...