23rd July 2013 - On the subject of Plotments

A slightly cooler Tuesday and an opportunity to get another load from the Plotment and take it to the dump.. Yes, sorry Mother !! I went to the dump without you once again!! It is sad that I did not start the whole project with a couple of "before" pictures - so I am left with a situation where I have the Plotment half cleared before the first pictures are taken ...
However - the amount that Susie has cleared already is phenomenal. Please just imagine that none of this could be seen under 12 feet of undergrowth..  

 The Deaf Centre - or rather the Llanelli Centre for the Deaf, have long had the garden area behind and made little use of it. A few years ago, holding a party in the grounds we put up a 20ft x 20ft marquee in this area  for those who wanted to stay overnight when we could not house them all..  but it has long been only the front part that has been cut...

The area up tot the tree was fairly well held down - but the other side of the tree was another story. A story that we are only now finding out - using the same principles as Time Team - as the undergrowth is slowly removed - layer by layer - to show the Fir trees that have never been in the garden and must have been thrown over the back wall from some neighbour .. the tyres, an old boot - which incidentally held a wasp nest !!

But now it is coming under some level of control. Bonfires seem to upset the neighbours - they will have to deal with some later when the Japanese Knotweed is finally cleared - but in the meantime we are slowly taking it bag by bag to the amenity site ( the dump to you and me !!)

 So a couple of pallets tied together make up a compost heap for the future greenery.

 Some dried branches to help the burning of the knotweed when we finally get to that stage

 and some tyres...   okay - they can become planters for some veg ...

And so - another load heads for the Dump - Fir trees and branches under the bags - but mainly bags of greenery heading away ...

 and so another day starts ...  and a little more cleared from the Plotment ...

Cup of tea  methinks ....