Muddy Boots garden re-design CEAP. Plan a schedule of implementation,maintenance, evaluation and tweaks.

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

MONTH	TASK	DEADLINE?
February	Re-measure and photograph the plot	Early feb
	Spend a few hours up at the allotment doing observations, sketching and planning the new layout	Early feb
	Sketch out a base map and play around with possible layouts of the main features	Early feb
	Get quotes for all building materials and decide where to source these from.	Early feb
	Buy building materials for fence/gate/play kitchen	Half term
	Take down the south wall of the existing fence and put up new one	Half term
	Put in the new gate and tower posts	Half term
	Put the new bolts on the gates	By sessions start
	Research mud kitchen ideas and re-do this feature	End feb
	Clear the movable objects from the newly enlarged space so I can see the layout more clearly	End feb
March	Draw out my finalised plans	Early March
	Tidy the shed and do a stock check. Make a list of any equip or materials I need to buy for this seasons activities.	Early march
	Begin saving tin cans for the allotment planters	Early march
	Move the sandpit	End march
	Buy more sand and fill it up	By session start
	Mark out the triangular bed	Early march
	Make the willow den	Mid march
	Cut the grass/ rake over to clear debris	Mid march
	Buy the marine ply board for the blackboard/ painting board/ spotted board/ welcome signs	End march
	Install the blackboard/ painting board etc and paint them in situ	End march
	Define the boundary of the strawberry bed and apple tree guild bed	End march
	Buy more plastic plates and another thermos flask	End march
April	Drill holes into the tin can planters	Early april
	Install the tin can planters and plant up with pansies	By session start
	Select, print and laminate some photos or pics of fruit/veg/flowers to decorate the picket fence. Put these up with staple gun.	By session start
	Mow lawns again	By session start
	Test out gazebos and decide which one to use	Early april
	Gather ground sheets, blankets etc	Early april
	Take home and wash and return all snack and drink utensils	By session start
	Buy washing up liquid, tea, coffee etc plus sponges, wash up equip	By session start
	Final checks before first session on April 15th	By session start

CARRYING OUT THE IMPLEMENTATION

FEBRUARY

We spent three bright and cold days at the allotment over half term. We re-made the fence line and installed a new gate leading out into the wider community allotment.

Day 1 – moving the fence and beginning to re-install it. 

Day 2 – completing the fence and putting in the gate

Day 3. Moving the blue planters, moving a cherry tree, making the triangular corner bed and beginning work on the mud kitchen.

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The P of CEAP is for Plan a schedule of implementation, maintenance, evaluation and tweaking.

But where is the actual design bit? This seems to come up a lot for me when using Permaculture design process systems. There is lots of detail about how to prepare for producing your design, but it never actually says “now draw your design” why is this?

So I have chosen to draw my design at this point in the design process. As at this point the space was more open and I could visualise the layout more clearly. I sketched out a rough plan for the new design while at the allotment and then worked more on the design at home.

So this is the design that I feel most happy with at the moment, but I am open to making more changes as the project rolls on and the space tells me what it needs. So I’ve kept the design loose, still using pieces of paper on the base map and not drawing it out in full yet.

UPDATE – Here is the final design drawn out and coloured in!

and a  close up to show some of the details.