Planning Our Shed

As previously mentioned, our plot has nothing in the way of structures. We keep chatting to other plotholders who were fortunate enough to have a shed, greenhouse or BOTH on their plots when they took them on, while all we've got is 200 square metres of mare's tail and a smashed up greenhouse. C'est la vie. Anyway, we are getting really sick of transporting our tools and supplies to and from the allotment every time we go so are desperate to get a shed. We've decided on an 8x6 shed with double doors and have a shortlist of a few we like the look of. 

While I know the appearance of the shed doesn't really matter, and I love the rustic, cobbled together sheds you see on so many plots, I've been looking at some of the ways people have dressed their sheds and I love the idea of having a little haven, and not just somewhere to store tools. I've been stalking Pinterest, putting together a board of sheds and would love to eventually end up with something like one of these. Might be a while off though as there are obviously more pressing jobs at the moment than painting and putting up bunting.

Now all that's left to do is clear a space for the shed, level off the ground, get some weed control fabric and a base down, and order the actual shed. We've decided we want it near the far end of the plot, but not right at the end as we'll be keeping some of the very productive brambles that grow against the fence, and we've also decided our compost bins will go down there too in the shadiest, dampest part of the plot. Also, our leafmould bin, although I've only just heard about these (because, novice). The shed will be next to our apple and pear trees, and our soon-to-be-laid path will lead right to it. Here's Glyn measuring the spot where we're planning on placing the shed and looking way too happy for someone with this much work to do:

As you can see, there's a lot of mare's tail and bindweed to be removed (not too bad) but also a ton of brambles (grrrrr). Our aim is to get the shed area cleared this week and get some of our heavy duty weed membrane down as soon as we've levelled off the ground. The area just in front of that in the above picture is the only place we've done any serious digging so far, when we were removing brambles last week. God, those roots go deep! While we were digging up the brambles, we found several very heavy metal poles and lots of broken gardening tools, glass, bricks, stones and other bits of rock-hard debris that made an already arduous task far harder! We're really hoping the spot we've picked for the shed won't be as bad but I'm starting to wonder if the whole plot is going to be like that...

Wish us luck!