Cold Weekend

Managed to get a bit more done up the allotment this Sunday - although the weather was not particularly good - grey and cold. The digging is nearly finished - but I have left the horrible bit to the last - the very over grown bit that didn't get dug last year. As a consequence I can only manage a few rows at a time.


I did manage a trip round the local garden centre and bought some clay breaker to try on an area to see if it makes a difference. I was also treated to a strange barrow to transport stuff from home to allotment. It it a lot easier than a wheelbarrow - I normally end up with arms like an orang-utan betime I have barrowed up the compost from home.

Managed to plant up some sweet peas and a few leeks to start off indoors and picked brussel sprouts, leeks and purple sprouting

Busy weekend

Only managed 90 minutes up the allotment this weekend due to other things happening. Still it was 90 minutes more than I managed last week.

Dug up some leeks and picked some purple sprouting and managed to dig a few rows.

Next weekend is looking more hopeful.

Christmas

All the Christmas decorations were down by Friday evening. Was a discussion as to whether the 12th night was the 5th or 6th January.

Anyway, Mr C recycled the Christmas tree at one of the local garden centres and we received a free small root ball sapling - a Swiss Pine to grow our own tree.

I potted it up and will see how it does.

Strange graveyard tribute

On my walk up to the alloment this morning, I cut through the graveyard of the local church as normal, only to notice that one of the graves had a pint of beer in addtion to the normal floral displays.

I think it was a can of Tetleys. Although I couldn't actually see the point of putting it in a glass. Surely if the recipient was to enjoy the beer, it would have been better poured on the grave where some of it would hopefully sink through the soil.

I took a photo with my phone hence the poor quality.