Digitalquill

One of the reasons I have been quite on this blog (and on Earning From Affiliates) is that I have started yet another blog.

On The Allotment blog is a blog about all the activity on my new allotment plot. I have taken the tack of using it to record everything that happens on the plot.

To do this I intend it to be very visual, rather than having lots of words in the blogs, so this weekend I produced my first ever video blogs. I really went to town and produced three in one weekend. Go over to On The Allotment and have a look to see what you think.

I used YouTube and created a channel specifically for the blog. It was very simple to do, I have  Sony HD camera, and was able to upload the files directly from the camera to YouTube in HD format.

Ideally what I need to do is find some software that will allow me to edit those files. I was able to do some simply trimming and joining of the clips using the camera but I really want to do a better job with things like audio balance and putting intro clips and copyright notices onto the clips.

You may also be interested to have a look at Earning From Affiliates where I have just posted a blog post about the marketing of this new blog and how the posting of the Video Blogs and the use of YouTube has had a positive impact on the numbers of hits to the blog.

Having been on the council allotment waiting list for 8 months now (I know exactly when it was because we decided to go for one when Eva was born) I have acquired a plot of land that has been gardened as an allotment for many, many years.

The Owner of this land is now poorly and can not attend to the allotment and knowing that we are looking for one has offered it to us for the same price as the council allotment rent.

This is ideal for me, the land is tucked away and is therefore very private. I have lived in this area for 20 years, passing the location of the land almost every day and I did not know it was there! This is great as it will mean that as Eva grows up, she can join us on the allotment and even have a plot of her own.

We want to make sure that Eva know what vegetables are and where they come from and not just those orange things you get from Sainsburys. Also we want to be able to provide good veg that we know the origins of, not that we are paranoid about pesticides, but if we are in control of what we grow then we know what we are eating.

I would not say that I was an expert gardener, in my previous property I had a veg garden and I used to get some good results from what I planted, however I was always hampered by the size of that plot.

This new allotment will certainty be a learning curve, the soil is perfect and allot of the hard work of preparing the ground has already been done as it has been in use for many years.

I have bought yet another domain name to add to my collection, OnTheAllotment.co.uk. I will be setting up a blog on the domain and I will blog about my progress on the allotment with the hope that I can post as I learn, what worked what did not, and perhaps even keep a record of produce year on year.

It is the perfect timeof year to get hold of the land as int he next couple of weeks is when the season starts to kick off.