Time is marching on....

Now you may think that a lack of posts means that I have been working hard up at the allotment, just not posting about it. Unfortunately, that would be wrong! The lack of posts is because up until last week, I just haven't been there. Things have been so hectic, and my 'weekends off' have been taken up with one thing and another.

However, I have been up a couple times in the past week and things are happening again.

My rhubarb arrived in the post at the beginning of the Easter weekend. It arrived as I was going away for the weekend, so in good ole me style, I plonked it in the garage to plant after the weekend. And then promptly forgot all about it. Until last week, when I just about falling asleep one night. Oops. Next day I grabbed the box and opened it up to find the rhubarb all covered in mold. Not good! I have planted it anyway, and I'll see what happens. Hope it doesn't do something nasty like infect the allotment with a bad fungus. Please don't let that happen!


I have also done a bit more digging. The ex-tomato patch has now connected through to the onion bed - woo hoo! When I first 'broke through' and connected the two patches of earth, I felt like the diggers of the channel tunnel coming at it from both ends, and finally making a connection!


I have also planted (yes planted!) some carrots and leeks in that patch. Just a short row of each - I think if I was truly expecting to live off the earth I would need a whole lot more!


On the next visit up I took the kids and we did some weeding, until they got bored and started making a den! Lil gal thought it was great to move soil around in the patch where I had planted the seeds, and of course sitting in the soil was also great fun. I think all three are responsible for walking over my blackcurrant cuttings - there are only 3 left now. I didn't factor kids into the success rate! The picture below was before the damage was done (I am quite impressed that they look so healthy though!):


Still got potatoes to plant though. I think I may try some strategic potato planting - to help with weed suppression, y'know? Not that I want to avoid more digging of course.....

Also this week, I have planted some seeds at home for growing on and planting out. I love watching seeds grow - I'll be posting pics as soon as the poke their heads up!

See how good I am at procrastination? As soon as I have marking to do, I am able to get a whole load of other things done.....