Monday 14 July 2014

Allotmenting

It's great having an allotment.  Not that I spend much time down there.  That's Mr J and P's domain.

I do, however, help water occasionally and pick the odd produce.  

I also like to prance about taking photos and marvelling at how creative and inventive our fellow allotmenteers are.

Take a look at the lion heads that adorn this frame for a hanging basket:



What I especially like is the clever re-use of stuff found in skips like these old shower screens as a cold frame:



This rusty old cooking oil can has been re- used as a herb planter:


Ingenious use of discarded wire drawers to protect lettuces and the like:







Roof tiles or some such thing used to make a path:


Blimey, some clever sod has fashioned these tree trunks into stools:


I always like a bit of scarecrow action:







 Poor ickle teddy looks a bit worse for wear doesn't he?


See how this swing doubles up as a frame for runners:



And there's always the odd aluminium watering can to drool over:





I love how this allotmenteer has painted their shed and bench:





Cute planter:





 These sweet peas look divine growing on this painted wooden ladder:




OK, that's enough prancing about, taking photos.  I've got serious work to do.  We're awash, at the moment, with Mr J and P's rather perfect plums (er hem) and I need to get harvesting.

Adios amigos.  xx