The Happy Allotmenter: 2007-03-04

Tuesday 6 March 2007

The plot is being cleared, of the most enormous blackberry bushes you have ever seen, the wellies are suffering from attack of the thorns

Look! can it be Tracey the Greenhouse fairy, has she come to the rescue of the wellies, but wait! look! can it be true

A GREENHOUSE!!!.... Ooh! what joy, the downtrodden wellies jump for joy, the seedlings will be watered, nurtured and warm once again, red and giraffe wellies give thanks to Tracey the Greenhouse fairy as she has truely relieved the suffering of ones so young...

Sept 2006

A Steady Improvement

Indecision as to the lay out of beds, a vision is lacking red and giraffe wellies are in need of inspiration and a greenhouse! If only the greenhouse fairy will come to the rescue and provide shelter for those poor little, lonely and very chilly seedlings.

Redwellies and giraffe wellies both decide to clear a plot for a greenhouse, just in case the greenhouse fairy grants their wish

March 2006

Let me introduce you!

Let me present wellies & co, the first being redwellies and the last being and by no means least the astounding and champion digging giraffe wellies.

These wellies have a lot to tell you, so make sure and visit us from time to time for the

next exciting installment!

Bumper Crop

Calculated 40Lbs of runners were produced, very proud.

Gifaffe wellies planted the Runners, Good for you Girl! what a triumph!

June 2005

From humble beginnnings

From humble beginnings, first season of the 2nd plot, the whole of this area was grass. Cleared as much as possible as the plot was taken over late in the growing season, but made most of time available.

May 2005

The wonderous world of Allotments

My first attempt at allotmenting was approximately three years ago, whereby I took on a plot that nobody else wanted, it even had an anderson shelter in the corner. The plot was covered in the worse weeds imaginable, such as dock, bramble and horsetail and a massive amount of bind weed. It took me a week to clear a very small patch which would have fitted in one row of potatoes, but I persevered. The soil was clay, which on a dry day turned to concrete and on a wet day a death trap, but I continued for a few months. I managed to grow strawberries, brussel sprouts, as they loved it, butternut squash and several varieties of lettuce. which considering I was an utter novice, was a substantial achievement. However, being unexpectedly given the opportunity of attending University, gave rise to a decrease in hours dedicated to the allotment and the redwellies, along with giraffe wellies were semi retired, and relinquished my plot, but remained on the waiting list for a more manageable plot. Realising the need to be in the open doors, and to give my brain a rest from the constant studying, I was overjoyed with the news that the redwellies and giraffe wellies were to be given a second chance, and was offered a plot that had recently been given up by a ninety year old, the soil was heaven, I acquired a shed and some tools handed down from the previous plot owner, to whom I shall be ever grateful, and a letter of thanks was forwarded forthwith, so henceforth started the true journey of red and giraffe wellies, may they live long and prosper.

The Happy Allotmenter

Tuesday 6 March 2007

A Steady Improvement

Let me introduce you!

Bumper Crop

From humble beginnnings

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