The allotment is really taking shape now and isn’t far off being finished all by the planting.
Our broad beans are coming on a treat
The runner beans are just coming through
The allotment now has all four raised beds in place
Tomorrow we have some top soil being delivered to fill the raised beds. They have been lined with black plastic to stop the weeds coming through. Once they are filled we will get the netting in place. The metal poles have been sprayed with camouflage paint.
There were plenty of spare bits of pallet so we bought a bit home for our veg plot to plant some strawberry plants in. This is perfect to keep the strawberries off of the ground.
We have strawberry pants on our veg plot
Strawberry plants on the left of the plot and raspberry canes on the right
Once the allotment is completed we will plant the potatoes we have chitting as they are ready to go in. We will start to harden off the broad beans by putting them outside during the day but bringing them in overnight.
We will save a few potatoes and beans for our veg plot too.
It shouldn’t be too long before the broad beans will be ready to plant out. It is great to see everything taking shape.
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It is all coming on great. very good idea for the strawberries.
I have to admit that I pinched that idea from Jackie’s allotment. One of the plots there had a whole pallet with strawberries planted through it and I thought at the time what a good idea it was.