Onions,beds and pallet wood

More graft down at the allotment today, started with a bit more tree pruning, several large Ash branches had to be removed, they were overhanging the plot and would have shaded the area near the greenhouse.

The next job was to finish raised bed number three, a very light overnight drizzle made things a bit sticky. There was a fair bit of ground elder (a creeping weed) in this section so it was slow going to remove all the roots.

During the afternoon the sun appeared, warming the ground enough for me to plant some Onion sets, 50 Red and 50 white. A cover of plastic netting helps to keep the birds from pulling them back out before they can take root.

I moved an old galvanise tank into position ready to take some water next time it rains, the occupants of bed one are a couple of Blackcurrant bushes saved from another part of the plot, and two new Gooseberry bushes, one red and one green.

The newest resident is a Victoria plum tree.

Some of the de-constructed pallet wood drying in the greenhouse ready to be treated with a preservative before being made into a variety of other lotty items.