Explaining what we're doing at the allotment (East London Style)

My allotment buddy has been great. He picks me up at sunrise on each Sunday morning and off we set for a hard mornings graft at the allotment. He keeps asking me why we don't just do like all teh other plots. But after answering all his questions I think he's getting the it (lasagne gardening aka sheet mulching)

Here he is explaining it East London Style

Soil Care

The small round lumps on the roots are where the nitrogen is stored. As the roots rot down the nitrogen is released into the soil.

Raw Materials for the Allotment

On my week off from work, I hired a van for the day and roped my brother in for a hard days slog. We first pick up about 70 scrap scaffolding broads from TRAD in Barking (£0.30/foot ex VAT) , and also stopped by the Building Crafts College in Stratford and pick up some bags of saw dust (free if they have any out back). Then came the hard part, lugging the lot through the walkway to the plot. I was shattered after ferrying all the boards and saw dust from the small grass patch which is road side under the railway bridge and down the bridle path. But will have some serious digging and raised bed making to do during autumn and winter.