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

20 comments:

  1. Thank you for the tour I enjoyed seeing everyone's decorated plots. Very creative gardeners!

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  2. Oh Loo it all looks so lovely.
    I think allotments are a brilliant idea - we don't really have them here...although there are a few community gardens. I guess it's because we have a bit more space than you guys...although the average block is (sadly) getting smaller and smaller.
    I like the clever ways people re-use stuff. I reckon the sense of community (and one-up-man-ship: "my cucumber's bigger than yours!") in an allotment must be wonderful. I love that shed and the ladder covered in sweet peas too x

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  3. Prancing and clever sods sounds like my kind of place, I could specialise in both.

    Jean x

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  4. Stunning, some serious recycling/upcycling going on in such imaginative ways. Really quite inspirational.

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  5. What a pretty place and such novel ideas, my favourite is the step ladder. Hope you enjoyed Mr J & P's plums!

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  6. Some brilliant recycling there! I'd love an allotment ... oh and some extra time to actually look after it ;)
    M x

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  7. Lovely pictures and ideas :)

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  8. Plums, oh missus!
    Love the painted shed. I do admire a good bit of recycling and it seems the fellow allotment holders are a dab hand it.
    Lisa x

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  9. Wow! Gardeners are so creative. What fantastic ideas. Obviously not the teddy with a stick up his arse. xxx

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  10. Prancing is good Loo. Easier than digging.

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  11. What fabulous allotments and their very inventive and canny holders! Love all the ideas. I am trying very, very hard not to make any ribald comments about gums around plums. But alas, I have failed. Sorry, Loo! Xxx

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  12. Oh yeah, allotments are fantastic things for sure. I love all the recycling and creativity too. Your neighbours are pretty inspiring. I think you have got the best role on your team!! Look forward to hearing what you do with all those plums! xxx

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  13. Hi Loo
    I used to share an allotment with my brother but sadly no more due to longer working hours. I love to see allotments and what things creative folk repurpose on their plots. No photo of Mister's plums then???? Xx

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  14. Great tour of the allotment. Very creative recycling going on. Love the shed, looks like a peaceful haven to escape to.

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  15. What a lovely allotment, all the ones I see are so overgrown. You do get lots of ideas from people on allotments
    Julie xxxxxxxx

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  16. Wow, lots of recycling going on there. It looks great.

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  17. I loved looking round your allotments! I am storing that swing/beanpole idea in the back of my mind in case I ever have a garden and children, what a brilliant idea!

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  18. How ingenious you, and other people have been when it comes to recycling houseold objects in the garden x

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  19. Lovely lotty pics. I love havning and allotment too. My grandad used to grow runners up my old swing frame and it always looked fab. I do like the ladder idea...I have one lurking in the outhouse that I could use. Plums...fnar, fnar..xx

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  20. Great photos! I'd love a ladder draped in sweetpeas ♥

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