The Church Lane Plot came into existence when I took over the lease of the allotment plot a couple of weeks ago. It's a fairly basic site - not one of your "up-market, hot-and-cold running water, wifi-enabled glamorous plots. It's more your "there's a hedge, some bushes and some soil" kinda place. Salt of the earth. Dirt under the fingernails.
The previous incumbent had not been using the plot for the best part of a year, so it has been left fallow. No bad thing I should imagine. Although there was a light covering of leaves dropped from the mature sycamore tree, the plot was fairly clear. A fair amount of couch grass to be dealt with, mainly around the fruit end of the plot, some digging and weeding to be done, and a bit of 'maintenance' to the surrounding hedgerow - but other than that it's a clean slate.
Perhaps THE most exciting discovery was the fact that, at the end of the plot that adjoins my neighbours plot, there are rows of various fruit bushes - and they are mine! (Well, I have inherited them from the previous chap, which is as good as the same thing!) There are two rows (about 20ft long) of raspberry canes, and a row of 15 blackcurrant bushes, and various other bits and pieces thrown in... some gooseberries, some blackberries and some loganberries. Not a bad haul - and allegedly, they all fruit very heavily. So I will be looking forward to seeing if that prediction is correct later on in the year.
I have lots of plans for the plot, but also lots to do to get it ready for planting. Some of it I have managed to get done already, so I will do some updates in the coming posts.
Thanks for reading! Much more in the pipeline...
Stephen
on The Church Lane Plot
