The plans for a large polytunnel have been shelved for now, with new plans for smaller tunnels over each bed being the new plan.

I have ear-marked an area for the beds and built a compost bin. The next step is the asparagus bed. Hopefully I will get onto that this weekend.

My friends who live round the corner keep farm animals and I am looking after them this week. I may have to ask for some manure in return. Just need to work out what i can use and if it needs to rot ...

Feels like it has been ages since I have grown anything. I have moved house in the last year so had to give up my allotment. A sad event. Since then I ahve been doing up a house, so my thoughts haven't been on grow your own.

Now things are starting to come together at home, I am ready to spend some time outdoors. I am on my local allotment list and third in line. It doesn't sound a long list, but the two people ahead of me are the same two people who were on the list last year. ...

Lazy day this Saturday just gone. Was supposed to go up the plot and dig over the potato beds, well two out of six. I just wasn't feeling up to it really. I had been out the ngiht before (not drinking as I was driving) and didn't get home until 2am. Tut.

Had an easy day sat on the very small patio outside my back door and repotted a few plants. My peppers needed to be planted on into their own pots, as did the brussel sprouts, broccolli and purple sprouting broccolli.

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Today I went to Wilkinson's and bought lots more seeds and tray I don't really need, but can't help myself.

I finally got up the allotment today. First time since the snow. Everything seemed to survive quite nicely. I got my broad beans in. They vary between 4 and 8 inches tall.

I also sorted out the walk in plastic greenhouse. I got some staging from instore yesterday (two sets of four) which were assembled and fixed into place today.
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So after my four posts already today, I forgot to say what I actually did today.

So I rearrange my mini plastic greenhouse to give my broad beans some more space and light. I also finally sorted out the garlic which were a bit of a disaster. The elephant and solent wight garlic roots had all merged into one mass but with loads of green shoots, some up to 4-5 inches. They are all now in their own pots, waiting for me to sort myself out and get the final beds ready for planting. Wish ...