Hi there,

I forgot to mention that yesterday I used Round-Up on the other end of the Lotty to where I was working.

Arriving on plot 4 after work today I was pleased to see it was having an effect, the nettles were nearly dead already and the brambles and assorted other weeds were starting to change colour around the edges of their foliage too.
Looking at the results of the spraying so far, I decided to go over the rest with the weed killer.

I know a lot of people like the totally organic approach, but I know i will still get great tasting food even if I did get a chemical help at the beginning and with a little luck i may even be able to grow something this season!!

http://www.allotment.org.uk/articles/new-allotment.php - an inspirational article for a newbie allotmenteer like myself.

Like it says in the above article, if I get up and running now, I can always go 100% organic next year :)

After giving the plot a spray I noticed a funny looking rock, only it wasn't a rock it was a stump of some kind. I spent the next hour trying to dig out around it and remove it.
Once that was finally done I had a chat with John who said he had asked my neighbor when he had seen him earlier and that the pallets in the corner of plot 4 weren't his so I could get rid of them if I wanted.

Hell no!

I will be swapping the pallet currently used as the back to the opposite side, cleaning the debris out and lining it with tarp to use as a compost bin ;)

I also met another plot holder today called Tom, he works somewhere that can get wood for nothing and he said I could use the pile on top of my soon to be compost bin if I like. Raised beds = Sorted :D
After having a natter I pottered about for a little bit, my plot is in a great position where it gets sun all day, so I just enjoyed the peace and watched the birds playing..... Bliss!

I won't have too much to do over the next week or so while the weed killer does it's stuff but I do have the compost bin to get on with and some tidying up. I also need to come up with a rough plan of what I actually want the plot to look like and where the beds are going to go.

Thanks for reading my ramblings,

Rob