Installing The Shredded Paper Dalek

A visit to the allotment this afternoon on the way home from seeing my daughter and grandson, and more work on getting the first of three new Daleks bedded in the ground

After finding a couple of empty flower buckets I bottomed out the excavation.

And removed the weed roots I could see.

Then lined the bottom of the excavation with magic cardboard.

Then placed the Dalek in the hole and leveled the Dalek so it was plumb.

A wheel barrow load of semi-path quality woodchip later, that was shoveled all round and trod in and it was done. Love the difference in colour between the outside and the rim that is under the lid. There are after all re-purposed free Dalek's from Freecycle. I have 18 of them and they have all come free, when people fall out of love with making compost in their back gardens.

Magic Cardboard was watered in so it would relax onto the bottom of the excavation. Another view that shows the weathering of the Daleks over time.

7 black sack loads of shredded paper, removed from the potting shed and brought up to the newly installed Dalek. Photo a little fuzzy as it was just after 4pm and was getting dark.

I now name you, Shredded Paper Dalek and there is plenty of room in there for more material especially now I have the cross-cut shredder, which was another Freecycle win.

Shredded Paper Dalek with lid on.

You can see how far I buried it so its not easy for mice or rats to get under and in. The two Daleks to the right will need bedding in, and that will be an opportunity to extract more nice humus material for the new raised beds.