After chatting over plot boundaries today I've decided that I may have been a little premature writing off my purple sprouting broccoli so the three remaining plants have been given a stay off execution for 1 month. It looks the same as a few plants I've seen today.
I finally got round to taking a picture of the transplanted rhubarb which looks remarkably vigirous considering it was split and moved 3 weeks ago.
I've also relented to Mr Lotties pleas for straight lines and marked out proper paths . I don't like straight , even rows on the plot. I'm pretty sure Mother Nature would hate them too. I might sneak in the odd wonky row here and there again just because I can. I'm so enthusiatic about the straight lines that I forgot to take a picture.
Today was also spent finishing off the digging for our first earlies. I'm convinced it's still a little early but the majority of the people I chat to (and maybe I have a sneaky wee look at what they're up to at the same time) are all getting ready. So we've decided to dig the earlies in a lot deeper than the last two years and hopefully that will give us that earlier start but protect them should we have a late frost.
I almost forgot. I finally took complete ownership (??) of the new half plot today. The previous tenant has worked the land for years so I felt it was only right to wait for him removing his fences etc. When we arrived today he was busy clearing the stuff he wanted and what would be left until he is able to move them. He'd even marked it out for us. Now I can begin to plant our onions and garlic and some earlycrop peas. So here it is-Plot C18a. We've inherited one of the static bean supports and it's ours from the water trough all the way past the bonfire.
No-one warned me that allotments were addictive.
Happy sowing.
Lottie Lover
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