Month: October 2019

A New Compost Bin!

So I’ve been digging slowly and removing all the grass and I have filled up my compost bin after having done about a quarter of my first bed

No space left in the compost bin

I scoured the internet for a new compost bin and brought one online from Primrose.co.uk. I’m please with it it arrived flatpacked! and was very easy to put together:

The compost bin as delivered and built!

I have worked out that it is three times bigger than my existing bin. This means that it should take all the grass I dig out of the rest of my bed. It was rather expensive though at £35.99 plus p&p

I was talking to the other men on the allotment while I was waiting for my compost bin to be delivered and they told me I should build a compost bin out of old pallets. Pity I didn’t ask the before buying this.

I am a bit worried as this is the first of four beds on my allotment so I am concerned that I will not have any compost space for when I dig my future beds. I don’t know how long will take for the compost to rot down.

Any advice would be gratefully received

Getting Started

So here we are with an aerial view of my allotment. It measures 25.8m by 7.8m and is just grass at the moment.  It looks like a formidable job to attack it.

I’m looking forward to getting started and to sharing my progress

My first proper day on the allotment.  I’ve planned to dig four big beds – marked out the first one with string 7m x 4.5m.  Its about a fifth of my plot:

Seven hours of clearing my plot and 7 sq metres cleared. This is slow work but not too onerous as I am not in a hurry.  It’s really relaxing just slowly turning the soil over one forkful at a time. 😊