Photos of garden and allotment

[watervole]

Let's see if this works...

I've never tried to post a photo to LJ before.

These were taken yesterday by micavity  on his mobile phone - you can see the row of compost bins and me on the far side weeding around some relic raspberries.



Looking across to the far corner where there will be (she says, confidently) Jerusalem artichokes.  the choches currently have very small salad stuff under them.  There's still a few weeds here and there, but I think most of the ones you can see here are intentional.  They're a small round ball of a plant with a very strong smell and I think they were some kind of companion planting.  I just wish I knew what they were and what they are intended to attract/repel.




This one is taken from a different corner by the gate.  Still the same cloches.  If you use your imagination, you can almost see the pigeon netting on the far left that waveneyhas just put over the beans (they were getting very deckle-edged...)

Still far too much bare soil, but we're working on that.

Comments

[emmzzi.livejournal.com]

it looks *huge*! Got to be good exercise!

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly sure you have... wasn't there one of you and waveney and exalted_mugwump, one of you wearing a funny hat?

Gosh, it is big.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Ah, but I got Richard to do that photo for me!

It's hard to see the fence on the photo, but it's certainly bigger than my back garden (though not by a lot). And that's only a half plot!

[asphodeline.livejournal.com]

Lovely, thank you. It looks huge, I am so jealous!! More photos please!!

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Why not get on your local council's waiting list? We only had to wait a year for this one.

[the-mendicant.livejournal.com]

Wow, you have been busy! Think you should be on 'Its not easy being Green'!

[kerravonsen]

Seconded all the comments on hugeness.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh, I had no idea you have got real plantages! Good luck and do not strain your back too much!

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Allotments are land made available by the local council for people to grow their own fruit and vegetables. They have to provide them by law, but many had fallen into disuse and been sold - in recent years, there has been a revival and now many people have to wait several years to get one.

My back is aching from the weeding, but not too badly.