A Productive Day On The Allotment

A productive day on the allotment, Sowing Snowman Carrots and Lollo Rossa Lettuce in Square Foot Garden bed 1, Sowing in the potting shed, cutting back the bindweed that has taken over the beds and paths on plot 1A.

Two drills formed watered and sprinkled with Snowman Carrots

Snowman Carrots in the drills, the soil looked dark because it had been watered which made spotting the white carrot seeds easier to see.

Lollo Rossa Lettuce in the middle of the bed and two rows of Snowman Carrots, covered over with potting mix compost, but drills marked with labels. Crushed Egg shells to be added at a future visit.

Mustard Red Frills from Seeds To Suit, potting up mix in the bottom of the modules and seed sowing compost in the top and sprinkled over the seeds, then watered. 20C outside today and 35C in the Potting shed.

View from the shed on plot 1 up towards the shed on plot 1A on the left a photo before trimming the bindweed back to the bed edging, that has started to cover the paving slabs again. ON the right once the trimming was completed, but the bindweed needs to dry and be collected and disposed off. 

I will let the cut weeds on the path die under the sun and then used my Ryobi blower to gather then and pick them up for disposal

View up towards the plot 1A Greenhouse and Shed. The grapes are completely covered with bind weed and I have no idea what is happening under there, but I will do in a couple of days.

One could not see the framing of the beds and the paths were overgrown with bindweed and a trip hazard.

View from the path between plots 1A & 2A on the left before trimming the bindweed back to each bed and on the right after trimming the paths. 

Self seeded trees on the main path between plot 1A and 2A need to be removed at a future visit 

Wally cut down my plum tree that was overhanging the path, as he needed to do something that didn't involve being down on his hands and knees, and we both took a wheelbarrow load of branches up to the unusable plot 9 so we can burn it the week before or after the 5th November, the only time of the year an open bonfire is allowed on the allotments in the borough.