Digging

Two calendar months, and it's just starting to feel like we're getting somewhere. There's still a long way to go though; the ground is full of couch grass, bindweed and dandelions.

Building continues

Made a new door and renovated the tool shed, re-felted the tea shed and built an open barn. The barn is made completely from recycled timber.

Relocating sheds

Have moved the little shed, which after fettling will make a useful home for muddy wellies etc. Our plot 5 shed took quite some relocating. It wasn't easy to dismantle and once separated the panels were too heavy for Jean and I to lift. The internal cladding and even some of the larger outer sheets had to be taken off before they were light enough to move.
The old concrete coal bunker on 37 formed the foundation of the new base.

Moving sundries

I didn't realise quite how much we'd accumulated in 18 months. Everything had to be carried and barrowed to 37. Uphill and on the rough stoned road the 322 paces between plots seemed to get further with each heavy load.

Upsizing, moving from plot 5 to plot 37

After all the hard work we've decided to move allotment. Plot 37 is on the same site but at 500 square metres is almost twice the size of plot 5.

October

The largest of the Turk's Turban squash is probably ripe enough to eat but still needs to cure more for storage.

August

Didn't think to measure the sunflowers until the heads had grown so big they hung down with the weight. At that point the tallest was 11' 8". I reckon they were taller in this photo.

Spaghetti squash are doing well

 As are the Turk's Turbans