"Would you like a coffee?" "Shall I send that email we discussed?" These are typical offers you may normally recieve from colleagues. "Would you like an allotment?" is not. It was however, an offer we received and (after the initial bafflement), one which we enthusastically accepted.
The following weekend we went to inspect what exactly we had inherited...
The answer: A surprisingly large chunk of land. Overgrown with weeds but with some remnants of the previous owner's efforts.
Mostly used to grow flowers, a couple of rose bushes still remain.
While a bordered vegetable patch, barely visible amongst the overgrowth appears to have mint, rosmary and other herbs growing wild.
It's a little late in the year to plant much, but we should be able to have some success with seedlings and small plants. The next step is deciding what to do with this plot. It's large enough to accomodate several projects so the bordered patch will remain there. We'll probably keep some of the herbs and plant some of our own. The rose bushes will stay too!
As for the rest, we need to weed it and turn over all the soil... which will not be an easy feat considering the lack of rain lately.
Once the ground is prepared, we have some tomato plants almost ready for planting, but everything else is still to be decided. We have suggestions from friends ranging from root vegetables to chickens!
Whatever we end up doing, I will keep this "orto diary" updated with the progress...
