The third phase!!!

20.07.11.
According to Baz we are now in Phase 3 at our allotment. Personally I see it just as a gradual journey, heading towards Perfect Plot, which I know is unrealistic but the perfectionist in me can't help but strive for, well, perfection of course. I think Baz is right in a way though. Phase 1 being the first month or so when it was all 'CLEAR!' 'DIG!' 'QUICK, SOW SOW SOW!'; Phase 2 being 'Oh shit, why is nothing we put in from seed growing?' and 'ooh look, the potatoes are doing sooo well!' and 'ah, we've done really well in such a short space of time, look at how much we've done'. So unless I am totally mistaken, and believe me I am totally mistaken about a hundred times a day so it is quite likely in this case, Phase 3 signifies our second attempt at sowing a load of stuff and starting to harvest stuff ie potatoes.

Sooooo........here are some pictures as always. I know of the three or four people that look at this blog, probably only one, my loving partner, actually reads this so it's all about the pictures.....

 We thought we might have killed these potato plants, but we found these!!

 Aww...

 Our first potato crop!!

 Mmmm [vegan] buttery potatoes with mint...yummy.

 Aww again...

 Put in some spinach and yet more carrots....

 Sort of awww, depending on whether you like hornets (is that what it is?), for Baz it's more like 'Bahhh, shit, run!'

 A bird had used plastic in this nest, which was bizarre to see.

 Baz cleared a lot of the plants etc in front of the shed, and now we have an official bike resting place.

 There was a lot of rain, as you can see...

 Taking shelter from the rain and drawing up a plan of our crops.

Oh. We attempted to cook jacket potatoes in the bbq coal but they pretty much turned into charcoal...
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26.07.11

The raspberry patches had really been doing my head in ever since we took on the plot. They were overrun with weeds and plants and dead canes and brambles...so as the old raspberry canes which have fruited already had started to die, and they needed cutting down, I got to work and tidied it all up. SO satisfying, if a little time consuming (seeing as I do everything in an ocd manner). So it all looks lovely now and you can actually see the individual raspberry plants and it will be so much easier to harvest the next lot of fruit.

 Aww...

 So our compost heap is pretty high now.

 Oh My God- BEANS!!! I was really unsure as to whether any beans would appear...but today I spotted these!!!

Feeling a lot more positive about the allotment these last few days, which is such a relief. What it means really is that I am feeling a bit better in myself, so slowly but surely the things which I used to enjoy are coming back to me, reminding me that life can be good, there is a point to all of this and I can look to the future once more.

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