Monday, 2 November 2009

Allotment update


This is what it looked like today when we left.
Jonathan, with a little help from David, dug over the second patch again, and I planted around 300 onion sets!!!! The rows aren't straight as I forgot the string, but they are in a sort of row type arrangement.
A little excessive do you think? Well, I'm working on a 50% success rate so that will only be 150....we are a family of 6!!! We do a lot of cooking and onions feature very high on the list of ingredients.
It is just so frustrating not to be able to have the whole plot to plan for. It feels so unfair when we know that there are several plot holders that have more than one plot!!! As newbies though, at the top of the list we have to share the plot that becomes available with the next person on the list. If you want another half plot then you have to go back on the list and wait until another plot comes up. Above you on that list might be another person who already has a WHOLE plot but who wants more. How is that fair?!!! But hey ho. We have our half plot and we will fill it completely. We just live in hope that the person we are sharing with doesn't get round to clearing it (they have hardly touched it yet), and then it gets given to us. Yeah right.
But still, we shouldn't be short of an onion or two next summer!!!

3 comments:

Big mamma frog said...

Looks great! Our plots look pretty awful at the moment and I may have to concede giving up one plot next year. The horsetail has defeated me!

rebntel said...

Well done you guys!

I am sharing again with a friend. Spent ages up there and killed me poor old back! Didn't loose any weight though! ;-)

Anonymous said...

hay you've all work so well.WELL DONE.keep up the good work
love Granny Cornwall