Vinny's Allotment Plot

I was shopping this morning but called at plot to cover my seed tatties that are chitting on the greenhouse bench. Covered them with bubblewrap as frost is forecast for tonight.

While I was there I felt I had to get cracking and achieve summat. Managed to string out and delineate the rest of the beds on the left hand side. This gives me seven 2 foot wide beds with pathways in between. Now I know where everything is going I have no excuse not to order the wood chip for the paths. I have loads of cardboard and hopefully enough to cover paths before adding woodchip.

I will wait until Easter is over before ordering woodchip and that may give me a chance to spade off the paths, lowering them and hopefully levelling them.

Added a piccie of where I am up to on the left side. Only two long beds prepared and planted with Japanese onions.Rest of  beds aren't prepared yet, including long bed down front of fence but at least I know where they are. Its going to be a challenge removing stones and levelling paths, but theoretically I can bury stones on pathways, add cardboard then woodchip as I don't intend shifting beds or paths again. Not sure yet whether to bury stones or not though

Looking good fella

Do you mind me asking how much you pay for the woodchip?

Also, did you end up buying that black plastic roll, not sure if you were gonna use it for the paths?

I will have to check up but my fire wood supplier said 30 squid for a pickup load of fresh stuff and 40 squid for composted stuff. I need the fresh stuff for the paths, but may forgo the composted stuff until next year. I will have to try and hold him to his quotes though as he makes it up as he goes along.
Yes I purchased a 14 inch wide roll of plastic damp proof course. Up til now I have used it on the long edge to the right of the plot and will probably use it on the long edge on the left edge of plot that I have just delineated. After that I will see how much is left.