This continues the progress of my new allotment. As you can see the beds are being dug. For each bed the turf is cut off and stacked for later. Then it is single dug with the bottom of each trench forked over. Upturned turf in then placed at the bottom then a layer of manure then the soil on top with plenty more manure. These beds will need little digging in future and can be topped up with compost and manure (courtesy of my mother in laws horse). The soil is a clay soil but not too wet and sticky so should be good to grow in with plenty of nutrients. Obviously with being high up the pennines it can be cooler than further south so the growing season is a little later but plenty of hard work now will pay off. Ideally i would like raised beds with wood edging but the cost for so many beds in quite a lot. Each bed has a grass path surrounding it and by adding manure and digging over etc the level off the soil is raised.
The greenhouse which the previous owner left in has been leveled, repaired and glazed. In this i hope to build a raised bed for earlier salad crops and space for seedlings. I do have two other greenhouses in my other plot which can be used for overflow.
The compost heap in being started and i hope to build a wooden bin around it late
The fencing has been finished off and a new gate from mick in the next pen finishes off the boundaries. All round the boundary i am planting hedging and plants to provide security and shelter.
