19th/20th November 2022 - Sorting the Other Side of the Terrace
Having got the top part of the new plot sorted and ready for the manure next week (just about) now to sort out the other side of the terrace.
You can clearly see now the black sheeting under the terrace and if you look closely the stakes (piles) that the pallets are resting on. Basically I need to add cladding on this side of the terrace to prevent anything getting underneath. I have also moved the slabs that were creating a makeshift path to where they will be located and provide a proper pathway to the terrace and to attend to the contents of the large cold frame (white door) and the smaller one between the door and the terrace.
Rearranging the path meant that I also had to place the cold frame (white door) where it will ultimately be located and raise it up onto those wooden beams. Then the soil was dug over and placed out of the way. The path will have a wood beam in front of it, and when you continue the path on, it will finish beyond the terrace and continue to the other side of this new plot (almost). This is where these decorative (normal) stones will find their new home.
The next picture once more gives us a view from another perspective. We took off what was a white concertina-type cloche which was supposed to have potatoes under, but it doesn't look like potatoes, it looks like weeds to us. Just in case though, we put the cloche back on in case of potential potatoes and left it on thereafter.
The soil around this part has been dug over and the part from the plank of wood and then to the right will need to be tidied up too.
Onto the perspective from the compost bins. You can now clearly see the white door cold frame angled to allow the water to run off. We’re quite pleased how this is all coming together, there will be another nice terrace to sit at, and good fun using all this new collateral when it’s finished.
In the final picture, having moved all the wood and pallets from this part of the plot, we are now able to finish off digging and then this middle (long and relatively thin) section is now ready for next year. It has been a year of “a bit at a time”, as and when we had things to plant, but now we need this to be ready to receive manure in preparation for next year.
