Vinny's Allotment Plot

I thought I had took a piccie of today's progress, but looking through my phone album, apparently I didn't so you will just have to take my word for it.

I tickled over the soil on the centre to beds of the last photo. They both had Japanese onions in them, one was 3/4 full and the other was less than half full. They now both have two rows of onions made up of existing plants, re-planted plants taken out because they were in a pathway, and newly planted sets I had left over when planting out initially in October. We shall see whether these newly planted sets come to anything? I still have Sturon sets to plant but thought I would keep them all Japanese as an experiment.

Once tilled and planted up I gave the two beds a light dressing of Aldi's  peat free potting compost. The amount added won't do much good but it tidies the beds up.

Next dilemma is where best to plant the remaining late fruiting strawberries once I strip that bed and move it. The early fruiters are already in one of the diagonal beds.

A problem I didn't envisage with 2 foot wide beds are pumpkins, squash and cucumbers which all like to spread out. With that in mind the present strawberry bed which is quite large could accommodate these if need be.

I have 2 foot wide beds on either side of the plot and it may be an idea to plant the strawberries under the  half standard soft fruit bushes. they could give a bit of ground cover there and keep the soft fruit together. If I decide to do that I will have to prepare that area next to accommodate them

I got permission off the Secretary today to get a pickup on site with a load of woodchip for my paths once we hit April

I have been saving cardboard and will try and have paths ready for it.