redbug Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Looks wonderful. You have done so well. Can imagine it with all your veg... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 thanks peeps surferdog, are you allowed these? or these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Our allotment association are currently in discussion about what will be allowed on our site. In the meantime I've put one of the small Keter deck boxes on mine. My neighbour queried it and I just said it was staying until I was told otherwise. The worst they can do is ask me to remove it At least I can keep my tools in there and it's strong enough to sit on and drink my coffee I also have one of the larger boxes (same as Poets second pic) that will replace it if they ever decide that sheds are allowed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surferdog Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 They do provide a lock up on site so the key to the gate also opens a large brick 'shed'. Within this each plot has a wire cage in which to keep tools and sundries and for which you provide your own padlock. So we do have somewhere to keep tools just nowhere to potter or get out of any sudden downpours. This is why I'm veering towards a polytunnel so I have somewhere to hide from the rain and wind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 The progress you have made is great - well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Just read this and caught up on your blog. WOW. you have been busy. Its really comming on. I bet '2 sheds' is exhausted. He will be thin as a pin if he keeps up with all the digging. Its looking great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Well done- it's looking really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Gosh you have done a lot! I like the strategically placed chair - does the wheelbarrow serve as a chair too, if so do you both draw lots as to who sits in the chair? It's all looking good now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 be careful what you leave in the shed, my moms allotments are raided all the time, £££££s worth of tools are stolen every season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbug Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 These people who steal other people's stuff make me so cross. You work hard at something just to have it ruiend by some person......urgghh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I read a very good tip regarding tool thefts which said to paint your tools in garish colours with sqiggles/dots/names etc... so no one would think they were worth stealing and selling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Good tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 These people who steal other people's stuff make me so cross. You work hard at something just to have it ruiend by some person......urgghh I agree.. we had our camping gas stove (with 2 rings & grill) pinched from our shed at the allotment. We think our shed was targeted because it was new and shiney looking so the thieves obviously thought we might have had expensive tools in there. Well done Poet & Ian... cracking progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Well done Poet and Ian. You've done a grand job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackgold Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Looks as though you have done lots of hard work. I am getting in the planting mood so have registered for that free 30 day trail on that link you gave..... I wish i had an allotment. I have a big garden but it is mostly planted up. Would love a blank canvass like your allotment plot. Sue xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 thanks everyone, I'll post all future updates in my blog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 You do need a gas stove for those reviving cups of tea we have got one of those flat ones with a single ring that runs off a small butane gas canister and a stove top camping kettle. We keep mugs tea bags and those little single serve cartons of longlife milk, in a tin in the shed and take bottles of water with us. We have been known to use water from the hosepipe too but it gets boiled well then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 that's all sorted We got one off freecycle ages ago but Ian also has some sort of portable power pack (which he bought for the camper van) basically you charge it up at home and take it wherever. He's used it at the lottie with his portable electric screwdriver but you can also plug a kettle into it. We've got a little travel kettle or we have the stove top type so all angles are covered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 DH did a little video of our allotments yesterday which I thought you might like to see. They're all brand new as of January, some people have made lots of progress, some virtually no progress. Some of the plots are really small so we were lucky to get a decent size! Ours is the very last one on the video. DH is getting paving flags off freecycle as and when and also using bits of broken flags he's dug up to make the paths. He's tootled off to Aldi just now to see if there's any of those fruit canes left for the allotment http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/aa154/quietman2266/?action=view¤t=Video3.flv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 looking good! It sounds so peaceful with the birds tweeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Looking good Poet! I can't get to mine as often as I'd like - today is gorgeous and I am alone with smallest boy. Can I get him down there? No chance! What a waste of a day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 It's really coming on a treat, Poet - well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackgold Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Was that a hen coop on one of them I could see? Have your hens been up for a mooch yet? I think you would have to net your allotment to let them on it though as that fence looks just right for springing up on..... Love Sue xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 thanks guys! Can't wait to see your pics as and when. Sue, I'd be too worried about losing them or not being able to catch them if I took them up there Yes, one of our fellow allottmenteers has a few chickens. We're allowed up to 6 chickens on our allottment but we're not taking advantage of that at this point in time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Thats looking really good. Everyone has obviously been working very hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
