A plot visit.

The first visit to the plot this years is now under my belt. Everything is looking great really, a little weedy but nothing to panick about. I had a chance to catch up with some other plotters which was lovely as we all seem to miss each other with our shorter winter visits.
I had initially gone with the intention of weeding, but actually found myself spending four back breaking hours cutting the borders in properly- a job that wasn'teven on the list! I used the earth I was removing to start leveling out the paths around the plot that are dangerously uneven and frankly an eye sore. It was great to get some real grafting done, although it got dark before I could finish, I will continue next week before getting on with the other jobs on the ever growing  list!

HAPPY 2018

Wow, how can it be another new year already? I can't wait to have some time on the allotment, unfortunately we all came down with some horrid virus over Christmas so only essential home jobs got completed. We even had shop bought parsnips for Christmas dinner!!!
Even though a visit was out of the question I managed to spend some time making an allotment diary, finalising a plan and tidying up the seed box.
I also realised the cover for the blow away greenhouse needs replacing before the end of February when the serious seed sowing starts. This led me to window shop for greenhouses for an entire afternoon and day dream about how wonderful it will be to have a nice 6x8ft  greenhouse on plot 28. This is a long way off though, I would love to be looking for real next year, but we shall see how the pennies are doing then.

Today though, I got to sow the first seeds of the year, yay! As last years onions were such a disaster, growing no bigger than a marble, I am trying an earlier sowing this year. Whilst I had the compost out I also sowed a few pots of alpine strawberries and a couple of early cauliflowers. I can't wait to see emerging seedlings again, this is what it's all about........