The forecast for easter and bank holiday weekend was supposed to be quite poor but was really pleasant and sunny. Earlier in the week on Thursday i did a couple of hours for Margaret and planted up some of her snowdrops at home and in the allotment. Saturday morning was blue skies and sunshine so was able to get quiote a bit done on both plots. Made a new raised bed from some pallet wood next to the shed for salad crops because it does get a little shade from the shed and conifer. The salad potatoes that were planted under the polythene have broken through the surface of the soil so the polythene has been removed and i will just have to be careful of any frost and cover the shoots with fleece. The other potato beds show no sign of growth so the polythene warming up the soil seems to have worked.
New raised bed ready for sowing
Homemade soil improver
Matthieu, Millie and Ziggy come to visit
Bank Holiday Monday was a perfect day. Blue skies, sunshine and a little warmer than the past couple of days. Spent all day up the allotments with Sarah and the kids comming up at dinnertime with some food for a hungry worker. Started the day off by digging an overflow pipe for the pond which had overfilled and was not draining away. Saw a couple of small frogs in the pond which is good news. Moved the golden rod and gunnera into better places and finished digging over extended border. Had a look at the Heys allotment site which is having improvements to drainage and tidying up existing plots and creating new ones to meet demand. It was good to relax a little in the sun with most of the bigger jobs out of the way. Next year will be so much easier and i can consentrate on growing fuit and veg.
Little frog in the pond
