MY LATEST ATTEMPT AT TRYING TO IMPROVE MY PLOT CONSISTS OF 2 THINGS..

1 - POTTING UP MORE SEEDS , PLANTING BULBS ETC...AND

2 -  ERECTING ( OO VICAR ) A WALK-IN PLASTIC COVERED GREENHOUSE.

THE FIRST WENT FINE. ITS BEEN FREEZING OUT BUT AT LEAST THE SNOW HAS GONE.
THE SECOND, NOT SO FINE. MY DAUGHTER AMY HAS THE ALLOTMENT BUG AGAIN ( YAY) SO OFFERED TO PUT THE GREENHOUSE TOGETHER WHILE I DUG OVER A CORNER OF THE PLOT.

I SCRAPED BACK THE WOOD CHIPPINGS AND STARTED OFF WELL ONLY TO DISCOVER BURIED CARPETS. 
WHY DO SO-CALLED ALLOTMENTERS DO THIS?
ITS BEEN PROVEN THAT ROTTING CARPETS GIVE OFF CHEMICALS THAT ARE DANGEROUS TO THE SOIL AND FUTURE PLANTING. SURE WE USE THEM TO COVER THE COMPOST BUT THATS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN ACTUALLY BURYING THE THINGS.
NOW I HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET RID OF THEM.

THAT DONE I SCOURED THE SITE WITH MY RUSTY WHEELBARROW LOOKING FOR DISCARDED BROKEN FLAG STONES. THERES BEEN A LOT OF DUMPING AND FLY TIPPING AT THE SITE SO AT LEAST I HELPED TO CLEAR A BIT AWAY.
I ALSO GOT SOME OFF FELLOW ALLOTMENTER PAUL - HIS PLOT IS GOING TO BE MASSIVE WHEN ITS FINISHED. HES PUTTING UP STURDY WOODEN FENCES AT THE MOMENT AND HAS STARTED A CHICKEN COUP. GOING TO LOOK LIKE THE RITZ WHEN ITS FINISHED !
BACK AT BOG END I LAID THE FLAGS - BY LAID,I MEAN I DROPPED THEM ON THE BARE EARTH AND TRIED TO LEVEL THEM - THEN BRACKETED 3 SCAFFOLDING BOARDS TOGETHER FOR THE FLOOR.

MEANWHILE - AMY'S STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE GREENHOUSE FRAME.
AFTER COMPLAINING OF FEELING SICK -SHE WENT HOME. IVE NOT TOUCHED IT - SHE WANTS TO DO IT HERSELF , SO FOR THE TIME BEING I DONT MIND- ITS STILL TOO WINDY AND WILL PROBABLY END UP IN SOMEONES ELSES PLOT.

IN THE MEANTIME , THE GLASS PANES IN MY RICKETY POTTING SHED HAVE STARTED TO SLIDE OUT.THE TARP I PUT UP A WEEK AGO HAS STARTED TO TEAR AS WELL.
 AT LEAST THE FLAT ROOFED SHED IS STILL WATER PROOF- THO I HAD TO HAUL SOME WOODEN PALLETS UP TO HOLD DOWN THE TARP.  HOW THE WIND MANAGED TO WORK ITS WAY UNDER IT IS BAFFLING ME!

ON A SAD NOTE ...A GUNNER I PLANTED LAST SUMMER IN THE WETTEST SPOT HAS DIED. GUTTED - NO IDEA WHY , THE GARDEN CENTRE GUARANTEES ITS PLANTS FOR A YEAR  BUT I NEVER KEEP RECEIPTS OR LABELS FOR THAT LONG!! 

ROLL ON SPRING - WHEN  MY LOVELY PLOT NEIGHBOUR CARL IS GOING TO COLLECT A TONNE OF COMPOST FOR ME. THAT WILL FILL MY REMAINING 2 RAISED   BEDS AND I CAN PLANT IN EARNEST.