Following Storm Eowyn

Wally called me in the morning to inform me that something, wind or machine had busted the bottom of one of the timber front gates. I called idverde and they sent Christoff who repaired the gate within a couple of hours. Wally also informed me that idverde had dropped off more woodchip, however they had not dropped as requested so we could easily spread it around the car park.

I popped to the allotment in the afternoon to see what damage may have occurred due to storm Eowyn. Happily all appeared to be in order on my plot and the greenhouses were OK. John had laid some woodchips out in the morning

The amount of water overnight from Storm Eowyn

Michelle and I laid more woodchip late afternoon taking it up to the timber gates so anyone else driving in will not just bring the mud onto the woodchip that has already been laid by John in the morning.

Area to the right needs woodchip spread on it from front to back.

The tyre rutted area between the two islands of woodchip needs woodchip to be laid. So anyone visiting over the weekend please spend some time completing wood chipping the car park.

I placed a request on the Mill Green Allotment Facebook and Whats App Groups under this photo of the tyre rutted area between the two islands of woodchip that needs woodchip to be laid. "Until we have all the mud covered please just drive in and back out and don't do 3 point turns."

I also requested any plot holders visiting over weekend to please move some more woodchip and help getting all the mud covered up. It appeared that John may have done some more Saturday morning, see next post.

I didn't have time to consolidate / tamp the woodchip, with a rake like I did the path from the metal gates to the first corner. Again something that could be done by other plot holders when they visit. I did way too much and paid for going beyond where common sense should have told me to stop. But we had the get the woodchip laid to where the ground is compacted and solid near the gate otherwise we would just keep bringing the mud onto the woodchip.

I have a lot of pain in my hip because I didn't listen to that little voice in my head that said enough is enough stop now. Memo to self, listen to those little voices in you head !