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The ups and downs of our new allotment
Just taken on a new allotment, 10 rods (or 10 metric lettings = 250sq
metres), as we have been evicted from our old site. The new site is about half used and is tucked away, so they tell me no vandalism except for a few beer cans from the fishermen on the River Bourne once! It runs alongside the site. After the goings on at our last site that's sheer joy to our ears. Had to mark out the plot ourselves, 12.5 metres by 20 metres, and it will need rabbit fencing, about £140. as there obviously aren't any foxes locally which is strange considering the position between a village and farmland (and the M25/M3 Thorpe interchange!). Be cheaper to persuade them to stay on the site with a ready built den but never mind. Strimmed it off on Tuesday only to notice a few bricks showing in the soil. Started digging on Wednesday and found a 3ft wide brick path running the length of the plot (20 metres) buried under at least 4 inches of soil, so we are now the proud owners of a huge pile of old bricks and sore arms. :-( Went down there to start digging properly today and the soil is like rock below a few inches, I can just get the fork into it, the rotovator won't touch it due to the large stones we keep finding. Whoever had the plot before obviously didn't dig a spit deep, ever; and why did they not remove the large flint stones to make it easier the next time they dug, strange. Still it will be nice when it done and the soil looks good. Somewhere to grow stuff again, joy. :-) And some friends arrived from Toulouse yesterday with plants and seeds of Albizia julibrissin and Campsis radicans from plants in their garden. :-) -- Regards Bob In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London |
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