Day 4: Planning my allotment plot under the sumac trees

Today the baby was awake the whole time, so I didn’t manage to get a lot of physical work done. Luckily I had remembered to include my notebook and pencil with a ruler in my bag, so we sat under the sumac trees on the picnic blanket at the top of the plot and I drew the outline of the layout of the plot.

This is a rough drawing and is not to scale, but it’s mainly so I don’t forget what I’ve planted where! I feel like this is a big step towards planning my allotment plot with more consideration and forward thinking... Not sure if that's too ambitious of a statement?!

The first drawing of my allotment plot... I've since learned that sumac is with a c!

The one gardening job I managed to do today was plant two asparagus roots and water them along with the strawberries. I don't think they'll take up the whole bed, so I'll change that on the map once I do an updated version.

Managd to water my strawberry plants.

On the way out of the allotment I got chatting to some neighbours that I hadn’t met before. Their plot is full size and they’ve had it for about 14 years. They advised me that pumpkins and squashes grow really well in this area, and to plant them at the top of the incline so that the trailing vines can trickle down the hill. I’ve made a mental note to get some seeds for both! Crown Prince is apparently a particularly tasty variety.

Crown Prince pumpkins.