Winter

Things have really slowed down for the winter, including me, hence the time between posts! I have put a layer of chippings over all of the paths, and put manure and compost on two of my mini-plots and dug it all in. On plots 3 and 4 I have put compost only, which has been dug in, so the whole area is basically ready for winter. I pop up very occasionally to pick parsnips and leeks, and do the odd bit of weeding, but that's about it until the spring.





This is a new shredder that was demonstrated to us today. Apart from the allotments, there is an active composting group at the site. All members of Tatsfield Horticultural Society can bring green waste to the site on Saturday mornings in the summer, where it is shredded by volunteers and put into bins - we have about 40 of them. Then, for a small donation, they can take away some of the compost - it takes a few months to rot down - which is excellent as a soil improver. We have a big shredder, but the volume of incoming material is now so great that a second machine is needed. Will we go for this one? We will need a grant to get anything!