It's hard work on the allotment

Yesterday a local gardening company delivered to our allotment site a great big pile of bark chippings.  And it was all free, they said there was another load for later in the day and told us to help ourselves.  I was on the plot repairing the fruit cage and could not miss the chance of topping up our paths with these chippings, because over the last few months the paths have been getting very patchy and untidy.

With the fruit cage back in good order, I collected the wheel barrow from home and set about loading it up with the chippings from the pile which had been left in the car park.  It was not far transporting it down the path to my plot. I lost count on how many journeys I made.

I started my challenge at midday and at 2.30 p.m. was feeling very tired and hungry, it was well past my lunch time!! I decided that was enough for the day.  But bright and early today I went back to finish the job.  Another 4 hours and the job was complete, Mike helped me, so in all it took the two of us about 13 hours.  Even if it was hard work, I think the end results are worth it. 

The view from the top path looking down towards the fruit frame with all the paths finished.

Looking up towards the shed from the bottom of the plot.  A few red cabbages have survived the winter in this bed, but the crop was poor last year. 

Looking across the plot from the side, the strawberry plants on the left are looking good. I hope the yield this year is as good as last year, if one thing grew well, it was the strawberries.

It is looking so much better now we have done this job, I must thank the gardeners for the bark.  Now it's time to start to tidy the beds and get ready to plant the crops!