The clear up begins

We have plot No. 60, and it already has a shed with a greenhouse lean-to attached so we are very happy about that. It even had some tools in it, although it also had wet carpet and collapsing bits of furniture and floor as it seems to have been leaking in for some time. And best of all it has a stove - a rather ingenious homemade one consisting of a metal barrel with a door cut out, and then hinged back on, a flue, a paving stone for a base, and some metal sheets between it and the shed wall as a heat shield. Which will help dry out the damp once we get the place watertight.



On the actual plot there appear to be some beds laid out already, although it is very overgrown, and we think we can see some paths laid out of bricks under all the grass. We have spotted carrots, leeks and garlic that look OK. There were obviously some marrows, but they have died off and we may have some broccoli going on.



Yesterday was mainly about getting the worst of the rubbish to the skip that is on site for the next few weeks. Mainly chairs actually, so far we have found 13, I don't know if this person had a lot of friends, or if he was just hoping that he would make a lot of friends by having that allotment.

It was also a day of showing our faces and saying hello to a lot of people. I have to say there seemed to be a lot of folk that just happened to be walking past and then casually pausing so that they could say hello, but I don't blame them. I would have done the same. Hopefully they will be glad to see the plot getting cleared up which will give us some allotment karma points.