First day of Spring?

Weather was really warm today - I was working up the allotment in my shirt sleeves.

The digging is almost finished - only about 12 sq metres to go. But it is the patch that has not been touched for many years. I am uncovering a piece of carpet that I put down as a root barrier about 5 years ago, that is now covered in about 10 cms of soil.

I also managed to dig up a couple of semi-hibernating slow worms. Whoops. I buried them straight away and am leaving that area undug for the moment. Got the bit round the rhubarb weeded.

Next weekend will see a major seed planting fest to get an early start on some of the crops.