What can I do in the allotment when the ground is all wet and rain is predicted?

I just got the allotment in Sept and did a lot of digging and weed clearing in the autumn. I'd love to get going again, but it's been raining a lot and the ground is sodden!

What can I do in the allotment when the ground is all wet and rain is predicted?
Not a lot you can do at the moment. you could just continue tidying up a bit but if I were you, for the moment, I would just keep looking at with the a great sense of satisfaction knowing that you have it and look forward to better weather you can really get stuck in. I think this time of year is always a bit dull as far as gardening is concerned. All you can do is think about the space you have and plan what you are going to do with it when the weather improves.
Reply:I like sitting in a potting shed looking at the seeds that I intend to order at this time of year. Also a good time to maintain your forks, spades etc (rubbing them clean with an oily rag, so they won't rust). Cleaning pots out with hot soap and water to prevent mite and virus build up. And anyother general maintaince jobs like that.


Also, if you are on clay soil, take note of where the water is forming puddles/ponds/lakes and draw it on a detailed plan, then think about making better drainage in the Spring, so that next Winter, you can still grow overwintering veg without them rotting away.


Good luck with the coming season!
Reply:If you haven't got a shed ?well now`s the time to build one


then when the weathers bad you can be getting every


thing up to scratch whilst getting the kettle on a little


butane stove,even a bit of shed decorating.


Get old carpets or plastic sheeting to put over parts


of the allotment you have not dug over,this kills weeds plus helps worms from drowning,true.
Reply:Hold a mud wrestling fight !!!!
Reply:Rejoice and be glad. Indoors is much more interesting than servile labour outside.
Reply:Prepare the ground for a rice field??
Reply:Sit in the shed and have a kip.
Reply:Fertilise it with fish blood and bone, or with potash. This will seep into the soil far better if its wet.





Its a quiet time at the mo, its really more about planning what you are going to do this year. What you are planting and ordering your seeds. Cleaning equipment, etc, etc.





Have patience, there is little point getting too active until the last of the frosts.
Reply:Nowt, stop in bed.
Reply:During the winter months there is not much you can do by way of digging ot sowing outside. Allotmenters use this time to tidy their plots and sheds, and order seeds and do some planning. You may take the opportunity to look how the water collects around the beds and maybe dig some trenches to improve drainage. I suspect that you may have leaves delivered so now is the time to build up your store of leaves for rotting down to leaf-mold. It takes about 2 years so start now.
Reply:Not alot.


Ground should be left if it is too wet,


Sit out of the rain and draw up a plan of the garden and work out your yearly calender.

barber