The Story So Far Part Two

The next thing to consider was our fencing. We were very lucky that our neighbours were very quick to get started with their fences and so all of our left hand fence was done for us. That still left a lot of fencing to find our buy, which wouldn't be cheap.

We were really lucky again, as the council started to renew all of the fencing surrounding our allotment, taking down all the old wooden fencing and installing a new shiny metal security fence. They left all the old wood for people on the site to use and we timed it perfectly to get our share. We also managed to get loads of wooden pallets, which we used for our right hand fence and also to make two compost bins.

The pictures below show where we were up to a couple of weeks ago.

Yesterday we finally finished all the fencing (I'll hopefully get a picture up in the next few days, my phone was flat yesterday) and just have to put in a gate which my Dad is making over the next few days. We are then going to start stripping down the remaining fence panels we have to build some raised beds.

So far we have had 5 cabbages, 6 beetroot and 6 large pieces of Brocolli from our allotment, and our carrots and turnips are coming on a treat. Not bad for a pair of novice late starters!