Planning and Reviewing January in Previous Years

Reviewing the diary over the last Seven years for January

2013 - Infrastructure works, Laying concrete 43 slab paths and patio area, Collecting Leafs  

 

2014 - Infrastructure works, Plastic edging from the Window Factory, Digital Thermometers from Lidl, dismantle a greenhouse, Bean trench, Chitting Potatoes, Onions from seed  

2015 -  Coir Blocks from Poundland, Onions from Seed, Spacesaver Greenhouse, Chitting Potatoes, Onions from seed. Allotment Winter Tidy Up   

2016 - Infrastructure works base for the Shed on Spencer Road, Sarpo Spuds arrive end of January, and were set chitting

2017 - Infrastructure works, Laying concrete slabs, Base for the patio area on Spencer Road,  Digital Thermometers from Lidls for the additional green house and Grow Station, Tomato Compost & Coir to the plot as soil conditioner

2018 - Infrastructure works covering the plot with weed membrane, Moving infrastructure materials like kerb stones from Spencer Road to Mill Green, Worked out the Tomato Grow List for 2018 after receiving the GYO Seed Circle packs, Overwintering Spring Onion experiment and walking onions in the greenhouse. Updates the Gardeners Guidance publication for idverde & LBS, Beast from the East & Terracotta Pot Heater in the greenhouse.

2019 - Only 8 post last January, Planted up a bed of tulips and daffodils. Reducing the amount of hawthorne along the wall and had a fire in the incinerators, Infrastructure work cutting joists to size and painting them. 

     

  

To Do List  

Below is the to do list in no particular order and catching up with what actually happened in November and what has slipped in December 2019 as there has been so much rain that the Grotto Canal is once again flowing as the water table is so high . 

Mill Green - Plot 1A

• Clear Bed 2 of Cabbages and cover - TBD
• Clear Beds 7 & 8 of the sweetcorn roots and cover for Winter - TBD
• Clear the storage area to the side and the back of the shed - TBD
• Cut back the tree over the shed so it can be re roofed - TBD
• Remove and dispose of Corex on the roof - TBD   
• Temporary Bitumen the shed roof where felt is missing - TBD  
• Re felt the roof of the shed - TBD   
• Fix the potting Bench - TBD
• Clear the Wasp Nest in greenhouse 1A - To Be Done once the wasps have gone! 
• Rhubarb Bed to be created - clearance of weeds in current location and move when ready
• Tidy Up the Allotment - Ongoing and looking better all the time 
• Clear area behind the Greenhouse - TBD
• Weeding - Never ending job   
• Clear Seating Area - TBD
• New Fix the Runner Bean Frames to the wall - TBD

Mill Green - Plot 1

• As much infrastructure works as the weather will allow - Subject to rain
• Install the kerb edging along the bottom of Plot 1 - TBD
• Clear the weeds and install a 600mm margin around the perimeter of the plot - TBD
• Woodchip the Margin around the perimeter of the plot. - TBD
• Clear fire area - TBD
• Have fires to clear the rubbish - TBD
• Start digging and weeding the Beds and Paths - 2 New beds and paths in
• Erect the greenhouse - Timbers Cut for base need to be treated  
• Tidy Up the Allotment - Ongoing and looking better all the time
• Remove remaining Hawthorne bushes from the wall - TBD
• Stock pile Hawthorne to dry before burning - TBD 
• Stockpile Timber ready for burning  - Ongoing
• New Install two new beds and paths in December - Didn't happen because of all the rain now looking for at least 4 beds in January weather permitting.

Home

• Planning - Ongoing
• Catalogue Seeds - Vegetables for 2020 done just flowers remain.
• New Cut Path Weed Membrane - TBD
• New Cut Bed Weed Membrane - TBD
• New Cut Planting Membrane - TBD
• New Clean and tidy the Space saver Greenhouse - TBD

Reminders

• None at the moment.- Add when remembered.

To Do List Apple - Prune Trees