I've been making modifications to the gates on my allotments. I've given the chicken wire gate of my original allotment a smart wire loop to close it with. This won't wear away like the various other things I've attempted to secure it with.
I've also cleared around the Heath Robinson gate in the new allotment. It is some kind of tubular metal and mesh framework, perhaps an old mattress base? Who knows. I removed the clumsy wooden posts holding it in place, as they didn't get on with the wheel arches of my car. Instead I made two wire hinges and a wire hook for it.
In the process of clearing access to the gate, I discovered that I appear to have my very own quince tree. How lovely. I had adopted the quince tree outside my first allotment, and then I realised it was actually somebody's property. That was after I'd rather ruthlessly pruned it. It produced a very beautiful quince this year though, so perhaps it benefitted from that or the ash feed I gave it.
Recently I found a whole cache of fallen medlar fruit from a tree I'd never noticed before near where I live. The fruit was gorgeously rotten and ready for planting. If the medlar seed sprouts, I'll have two interesting heritage fruit trees to care for.
I've sneekily annexed the land of the new allotment by making a wheelbarrow sized gateway in the chicken wire fence between them. It's a lot easier to work there now, as I can just wheel the wheelbarrow through the gateway. A lot safer too, as it was only a matter of time before I lost my footing while negotiating the fence with a sharp tool in my hand.
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