Bed H1 Finally Decanted

Partly Cloudy with occasional sunshine this afternoon 9.5C. I wired the new solar panel to the fans in the loft conversion and they worked so I will not have to change the fans on the loft conversion only the solar panel.

Someone else is hitting the last of the woodchips. It was nice to see a further reduction in the height of the soil in the delivery sack on the pallet.

I filled two buckets of soil from bed H1

I then had a rest and water break before continuing

Raked the woodchip into the excavated end of the Bed

Levelled out and tamped it down with the flat of the rake, another rest and water break.

Added the cardboard I removed the tape from yesterday

The level of the cardboard is approximately the path level to the front of the bed.

Then added another barrowload of woodchips to hold the cardboard down

It was not possible to water everything in as the water will not be turned on until the end of March beginning of April, so again tamped down with the flat of the rake. Another rest and water break, I'm getting batter at taking 10 minutes and keeping hydrated.

Then a search around the allotment to find the Christmas tree trunk from 2024 and other twigs and branches from when they cut the dead branches of the Ash tree and didn't pick up all the mess they made.

Also rotting timber added. The rotting timbers that formed the edges of the framed beds that now have raised beds will be added which is why I have left room for them on the long sides. Two levels of framed made from scaffold boards are to be added to make H1 a raised bed. This bed will be used for Tomatoes this year. It was getting more overcast and a drop in temperature and was time to make my way home.