Quite a constructive day at the allotment today! Took some sand and the 'works' wheelbarrow in the landie and started making my own brand of John Innes compost.
Before this I had to light my woodburner on a glorious sunny day, just to heat a poker so I could pierce holes in the bottom of my buckets.
Seven shovels of topsoil to two shovels of sand and three sovels of coir based compost. To this I added one shovel full of well rotted screened horse muck and topped it off with a handfull of bonemeal before mixing it all up in the wheel barrow. Did two loads and had enough for ten plants in flower buckets!
More to do tomorrow!
Went to an allotment comittee meeting on Jimmy's plot (with half the committee sitting on the edge of the leek trench!)
which I had called to iron out a few points. A very constructive meeting ensued and I've just finished writing up the minutes whilst they are fresh in my mind.
Back to the plot after that and I managed to get a good bit of my arbour that I am constructing over the central pathway cut, assembled and erected.
Looks rather good, even if I do say so myself!
The view through the arbour is to my herb wheel with my potted apple tree in full bloom. I must take my camera tommorow and get a piccie as it looks rather impressive with the apple blossom framed by the arbour.
Noticed the tatties are coming through fast and furious now so as long as we have no more frosts everything should be hunky dory!
Still loads to do including a lot of sowing and planting out!