Back in August I planted a row of strawberries through black plastic to help them crop earlier and to suppress the weeds, I held it down with stones, but at the time I thought it might not be good enough to withstand a strong wind.
Went to the allotment this afternoon and I was right, most of the plastic was ripped up and strewn across the plot. What it really needed was for the edges of the plastic to be buried, so I dug a trench all the way round, weighted the plastic down and then refilled the hole. Hopefully that should be good enough.
Luckily none of the strawberry plants have been damaged.
Also dug the remainder of the gladioli bulbs still in the ground.
The garlic I planted in the autumn is starting to peep through, thought the progress would be a bit faster.
Crops today, cabbage, carrots, beetroot, spring onions and leeks.
I took over my allotment plot in January 2012, at the start it was just a grazed field, covered in grass and weeds. I dug 2/3s of it in January/February and had a very productive summer.
The story of 2012 can be found on the Dores website Dores Allotments
This blog takes up the story in Spring 2013
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