Bed H1 Continued Again

8C Cloudy and overcast morning on the allotment, and once again working on decanting soil from Bed H1, and back filling with woodchip whilst there is still some in the car park. Photo above is Bed H1 after filling another two 30L Pots with handles with decanted soil. 

Bed H1 after filling another two 30L Pots with handles with soil

Bed H1 after removing bindweed roots from the perimeter of the excavation. I switched to getting woodchip as the pile is decreasing and we have no idea how long the dropped soil is going to be in the way before we get another delivery. 

First of many Barrow loads of woodchip from the car park. It appears the plot holders with the soil came and moved some yesterday after I left at 4:00pm. Not a third of the volume as quoted by them last night on the Allotment Wat's App group, but a start. They were a no show this morning, as as stated before, historically they are not frequent visitors despite living in the estate behind the allotment. 

I decanted the woodchip into Bed H1 (Left Photo) and then levelled it (Right Photo)

Another wheel barrow of woodchip decanted, and walked on with and without the spreader board to help consolidate it. 

Another view from the opposite end of Bed H1, Another two wheel barrow loads of woodchip decanted into Bed H1, filling the timber frame to the top. 

Another view from the opposite end of Bed H1. The woodchips will be pulled down into the trench once the soil has been decanted into 30L Pots with Handles 

Soil to be weeded and decanted on the left and the woodchip fill on the right, now up to the top of the framed bed. This will be pulled into the left side once the trench is bottomed out and weed free, likely on 10th March weather permitting as I have a hospital appointment on the 9th March. 

Garland Garden Trays used to cover the bed to keep the soil and trench dry to make working in there easier, and less muddy.

No one will ever know the amount of work that goes into making the bed foundation and back fill. Typical Civil engineering works, it gets lost and all people see is the structure above the surrounding ground once completed.

The woodchip pile is going down, and hopefully the owners of the soil will get their skates on and get the soil moved to their plot so I can arrange another woodchip drop off.