I don’t think I could be without my little purple potting shed on the allotment, even though it can be quite a distraction from important jobs like weeding. You’ll often find me sitting inside with the kettle on pouring over my notes and tidying the cabinet. It’s my happy place and I wouldn’t have it any other way (although it would be nice if it was a tad bigger!)
I’ll admit that it isn’t perfect, the door is starting to go wonky, the door handle hasn’t been fixed on, some of the boards have a few gaps appearing and it needs another paint job… but I really do love it. I have yet to attach the galvanised corrugated sheets which I purchased for the roof and that is a job for this year, I think it will be the icing on the cake so to speak!
It would be nice if it was a bit bigger, with a wall full of tools hanging up, wooden sieves and lots of terracotta pots piled on shelves. Although my 1950’s cabinet is one of the best bargains I have ever purchased, you’d be surprised at how much it fits inside plus it looks pretty cute too. My tools are hanging on a handmade rack made by my Dad and the larger tools and hoops are leaning against one side of the shed. There’s just enough room for 2 chairs (at a push) and the all important cooker. You can’t pop to the allotment without having a cup of tea of course!
And it’s not only me that seems to love my little potting shed, I think another mouse has moved in after I found lots of bite marks on a paper booklet that I left in the cabinet. I’ve been tempted for a while now to write some short stories about the allotment mouse that lives in the purple potting shed!
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I really really love the idea of stories about the mouse that lives on the purple potting shed ďż˝?ďż˝
Hi Katie,
Please do write about the little mouse!
I’m always looking foward to read your stories. I found them simple but very interesting!
Would you thinking about publishing.
all your stories in a book? I think it would be a wonderful little book for anyone especially who Emglish is their second language to read and learn your creative writtings style.
Oops sorry for a typo ‘English’
It’s so cute! I want to build a little green house with a potting area. I also think that little children’s books about the mouse in the purple shed would be fantastic!
I can think of so many children book tittles by Katie Lane like ‘The World Smallest Pumpkin’, ‘The Fruit Cage Dad helps built’, ‘The Happy Frogs on plot 15c’, ‘The Little Lambs on the Farm’, ‘When the beautiful Tulips Bloom’etc
This is a delightful post. Thank you for showing us around your potting shed. I am impressed with how much you have fitted into it.
We have a community shed over at the allotments as our plots are each eight square metres, not enough room for our own potting shed. There is something about sheds that attracts furry creatures, you have your mouse and at the allotments we have Peter the possum. Scared me half to death the first time I came across Peter because he is nocturnal and was fast asleep inside a cardboard box I was pulling down from the top shelf. As I pulled the box down we came face to face, and he is very big and hairy. Don’t know who was more surprised. I take more care now, so as not to disturb him.
Let me know if you need an illustrator! ďż˝?ďż˝