Hard Work Day..

Today I have been able to do a fair bit of work on the Lottie for the first time in about 3-4 weeks, and boy did I attack it, and have the scars to show.

Cleaned out the culvert again today, was a bit clogged up due to the rain and winds we have been having blowing in branches and leaves, but it is still relatively low compared to what it was when we took on 13, so that is a good sign. Tried to burn some of the old brambles and leaves but they where too wet so it went out quickly (even with firelighters). So that aside i decided to tackle the brambles. I started in the middle and three hours later we can view the majority of lottie from the leak shack..

Here it is looking out to the right towards the culvert, ie nearly the full length of the plot.

Looking from the front of the lottie we can see the work rich has been doing on the plot with the brassica beds (more later)



Looking from the culvert to the leak shack you can see the amount I cleared today, just a few small bits left now (probably about 2-3 hours work max), of course we haven't dug the roots out yet thats the hard bit..


On the left is a small patch, the big patch is to the right also the mountain of bits that need burning..

Now on with the rest of it, the dwarf beans are growing well and some have been harvested I think and taste great..


The brassica beds look really cool, hopefully they will be productive, I put some more slug pellets on today, seems the slugs got them really quickly when we first planted them..
And they are doing well....The army of cabbages and Cauli's..

Another view from the front (I green manured the herb bed today, that means I put some beneficial plants, grasses and the like into the bed so when we hoe it back in later on it fixes the the nutrients into the soil).
Also the leek beds are standing to attention and growing really really well..
They are the size of pencils at the moment...Rich looks like he'll have a good crop.

Finally, I must hijack the blog for a moment.... Here is a parsnip I took from my experimental beds at home, only took 9 months to grow it from seed in January, transplanted in March and nurtured for months..

Let this be the first of many things we grow and lets hope we get better in the Lottie!!