Well then, we've gotten thoroughly into the whole idea of
allotment-eering. (Yeah, I made that up). We have a beautiful little shed with a union jack fluttering gaily in the breeze on top, a picket fence, a greenhouse and a tee-pee tunnel for the peas to grow up. We even have a gnome! At the moment though, it does look rather brown. I guess that's because we've only got the peas above ground, everything else is hiding. Not for long, hopefully.
Now that the allotment is starting to look like an allotment, I can't help but daydream about how it will look in a few years. I really, really want to paint that picket-fence white. Sooo badly. I can't help it, I wouldn't even put myself in the pink, house-wife, 'somewhere that's green' category, but something about that picket fence makes me want to put on a pinafore and bake some cakes. Oh well!
Also, it's amazing how friendly the other allotment-eers are. There we'll be, digging rock hard soil like it's a voluntary labor camp, and when we look up we'll have a gathering of chaps (I'm sorry, its really the only word for them) stood at the fence ready to have a 20 minute long conversation about the joys of rotovation. THe advice they offer is very helpful as well.
Basically, I'm having lots of fun! Oh, and check outr the cool site I found - www.homesweethomefront.co.uk
allotment-eering. (Yeah, I made that up). We have a beautiful little shed with a union jack fluttering gaily in the breeze on top, a picket fence, a greenhouse and a tee-pee tunnel for the peas to grow up. We even have a gnome! At the moment though, it does look rather brown. I guess that's because we've only got the peas above ground, everything else is hiding. Not for long, hopefully.
Now that the allotment is starting to look like an allotment, I can't help but daydream about how it will look in a few years. I really, really want to paint that picket-fence white. Sooo badly. I can't help it, I wouldn't even put myself in the pink, house-wife, 'somewhere that's green' category, but something about that picket fence makes me want to put on a pinafore and bake some cakes. Oh well!
Also, it's amazing how friendly the other allotment-eers are. There we'll be, digging rock hard soil like it's a voluntary labor camp, and when we look up we'll have a gathering of chaps (I'm sorry, its really the only word for them) stood at the fence ready to have a 20 minute long conversation about the joys of rotovation. THe advice they offer is very helpful as well.
Basically, I'm having lots of fun! Oh, and check outr the cool site I found - www.homesweethomefront.co.uk