No pictures of the work we did today. Not because we didn’t do any but because we forgot the camera. It was a lovely allotment day today, in the wintery sense. The skies were bright blue but it was very cold with frost on all the plants. We saw some amazing spider webs that were all silvery with frost and dew, they looked just like Christmas decorations draped all over the place instead of baubles. Real shame we didn’t have a camera to capture them.
Although we still have a couple of smaller beds to build we don’t have the wood as yet. There is a backlog at the recycled timber place so we are waiting for some scaffolding boards to be delivered, hopefully in the next week. It meant that there wasn’t too much to be getting on with today. The most pressing job is building the shed. It was delivered to Mum’s mid week and so we collected it yesterday. It almost didn’t fit in the car, but thanks to Neil’s military like packing (and taking all the bits out of the box!) we managed it. Without the scaffolding boards we are using as part of the base we couldn’t put it up today, but Neil did some digging and levelling of the ground so that the frame he built last weekend sits slightly below the surface. It is as level as it is ever going to get I think. We will then put the boards over the frame, construct the shed and fasten it to the base so that it is secure. Neil has made a start on putting some smaller pieces together here in the flat but the rest will have to wait until a dry and unwindy day!
The picture is of one of the many allotment cats. She is called Tammy (but I like to call her Lottie as she is my favourite-apart from our two at home of course). She is a big softy and always comes along for a tickle. There are about another four cats over on our side of the site who we see most days we are there. They are all strays but they are very well looked after. They are neutered and vaccinated annually by a local vet who does it for free. There is an old guy called Chris who is in his eighties (and a very snappy dresser- a bit of a ladies man I think!) who comes on site every day to put food out for the cats even though he doesn’t have a plot. One of the other plot holders also feeds them so they probably get more than most house cats and you can see why they stick around! I had a word in Tammy’s ear last week and she is now keeping guard of the strawberry plants.
Hopefully the next couple of weeks will see a real transformation on the plot with the shed going up and the greenhouse underway. We better watch out, it’s all starting to look a bit professional!
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