We’re sharing an alottment with a couple of mates. Three families in all. Seems about the right amount of people to keep it going. So far I’m loving getting out there and gardening together.

I want to keep a bit of a diary here so we get a sense of what we’ve achieved and what worked and didn’t. So here’s the first bit of that. NB.. this is what we all achieve together, not just our bit.

Last weekend

  • Weeding beds and around beds, removing long grass and big, weird weeds. Great big fleshing flowery things. What were they?
  • Picked a few runner beans, but they were a bit woody. Inside, some beautiful coloured beans — purples and pinks and spots. They turned into an art project.

This weekend

  • Dug out some not-too-bad compost and built up a bed with some top soil to plan garlic in.
  • Planted about 40 garlic bulbs.
  • Put topsoil around the raspberries.
  • Put topsoil in other beds, more weeding of beds.
  • Pulled out bean plants that are past it.
  • Built a trellis for one row of raspberries. Need to build one for the other row.
  • Bea found a couple of raspberrys to eat. Yum.