Sam and I spend as much time as we can ( difficult for Sam now as he's so busy with new baby girl and business ) tending to our allotment. We took on our allotment almost three years ago and its been a labour of love. So much hard work goes into turning what was effectively a piece of wasteland into a productive produce site, I can't believe how much rubbish was taken away from our little piece of council land. Many MANY trips to the recycling centre and lots of deep digging to get rid of plastic material buried under the soil.
After a few really strenuous days ( weeks ) it started to look a little more organised...
Covering a large piece that we knew we couldn't get round to until a later date, it gave us a working area that we could cultivate. We still spent a lot of time digging out plastic and glass but underneath all the rubbish the soil seemed to be really good with lots of worms.
Just a few short months later and it really started to look like a great place to grow all our future veg
Of course, we actually had no idea what we were doing so that first year we had so many runner beans we didn't know what to do with them, however our first crop of lovely little new potatoes made all the hard work worthwhile.
I absolutely love it, it's really hard work ( especially in the early days ) but it's also very good for your physical and mental health. I always feel way more positive after a good bit of time weeding and tending to the plants.
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