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Still not feeling great but managed two hours at allotment yesterday and an hour and a half today. Because of how I feel noticed for the first time that my half plot looks bigger now than when I got it, probably because I now know how hard it is to clear even a small area that is covered in carpet with grass and weeds on top growing through the carpet and rooted through to the soil. I still love being there though and enjoy the visit from the blackbird and seeing the half of the plum tree that does...

thyme

Well thought I'd make the most of being on 'industrial action' today- certainly wasn't going to tackle the (ever-present) mountain of work!

Have filled raised bed, sown radish, beetroot (think boltardy but the top of the packet has gone from last year), salad bowl and general salad mix, and white lisbon. Planted out ruby chard and spinach.

Then forked over the short row I dug at the weekend, was surprised to find it was long enough to fit 8 Rooster tubers in. Still...

heyhay1984

hello fellow growers, this is a first for us, we have just acquired our first allotment, we have now cleared all the rubbish off, have had the whole plot rotavated, (it looks much bigger now its been cleared!) done lots of digging and barrowing and a bit of planting (hey, things have actually started growing!!) lots of seedlings at home just waiting to be planted in the wide open space will probably be logging onto this site for advice fairly often. looking forward to tasting some lovely fresh...

sallyw