This is getting a little worrying. We have all 11 full size beds in place, and 10 of them are ready to grow things (some of them already are… our first weeds). We started the day not in a good mood, i’m full of a cold and Pilla is still not really back to her normal self, so it took ages to get down to the plot even then it was only achieved by the copious use of Vicks products.
We perked up once we got down there. It was the first sunny Sunday for seemingly ages and the site was full of not only an autumn glow but of people working on their plots. This is the time of year when plots get relinquished if they aren’t being worked sufficiently and so there are lots of new people looking at overgrown plots and scratching their heads pondering where to start.
We had some help today, step forward Russ who owed us a favour and who met us down there. He merrily helped us dig, barrow, and pick axe for 3 hours. We also had some help from Berny and the babies.
Now that we have the soil we really should be growing something. We have our first things to plant courtesy of Bob, some strawberry shoots, which apparently grow virulently wherever you put them, so that should be pretty idiot proof for us beginners. We just need to work out how to put them in! Sheesh this is going to be a learning curve.
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