Allotment Build - Project 63

Saturday morning heralded not the best weather, and whilst it couldn't be described as truly inclement, it appeared to be trying it's best. Having convinced our friendly neighbour Chris that there were further opportunities to put his building skills to the test (we're not sure how long he is going to remain a friendly neighbour) the task in hand for the morning was to build the compost bins for the front of the site. The area of land where these were to be placed still had an incline so some levelling inevitable to get them 'spirit level' level. A deposit of pallets kindly supplied by Writtle Road Nursery had been left to create the latest building masterpiece.

It's amazing the level of discussion that is required, for what is quite a small project. Do we want the pallets this way or that way....no you can't use that one as the slats are not the same size as the other....make sure they're all round the same way, surely that's upside down, it needs to look good etc, and so it continued. Karen, Ray, Chris and with Derek chipping in as an interested observer, debated the aesthetics of some donated pallets and eventually some 15 minutes later, the build began.

After the initial debate, tea and chelsea buns, Chris produced the goods in time to disappear at lunch time for the footie - just the small issue of a door for the fronts to consider.

In addition to the build, a delivery of scaffold planks kindly donated by SC Cousins Scaffolding arrived around 10 ish. The general idea for these to line the outer perimeter of the plot, and any additional to mark out the pathways through the plot. We would like to offer our grateful thanks to SC Cousins for their generosity.

During the course of the week Karen had mowed the edges, tidied the rear of the plot behind the poly tunnel and found a wormery tucked away and erected some pyramids for the Sweet peas. So again plenty of assistance during the week for the project.