The Foxes are back

Poor foxes got flooded out of their home under the mound during the early part of the year. But last night they seem to have moved back in. They have dug themselves a new entrance tunnel.

Unfortunately for them, I now need to start using the soil from the mound to replace the soil which has had all the nutrients leached out by the rain. However I can start at the other end of the mound.

The mound was first formed because the plot was seriously over grown. A little "light digging" and the top couple of inches, including all the weeds grasses and various other debris was piled up and covered with weedproof membrane. This was the home for last years courgettes. And boy did they really thrive. Meanwhile underground all that organic material was composting down and now the soil quality under there is absolutely superb. So much so that I am now sieving it out and using it in my potato bags and eventually my carrot bags as well.

Today saw the construction of the herb bed, as well as the extension of the new wood chip path. And finally the main beds were finally dug over. Well I say beds, they're not truly beds as they are still liable to flooding and really need to be raised beds to be safe. But that only comes with the wood.. which has yet to arrive at Wickes. So in the meantime the ground is dry enough to dig over and at least get the main layout prepared. I may use this space for the cabbages, cauliflowers, and sprouts.

All-in-all an excellent day down the allotment. Arrived at 9am this morning after a short diversion past Wimbledon Theatre where once again they are throwing away another Euro Pallet. (It's amazing how my collection of handy sized Euro Pallets has grown over the months). And finally left just before 4pm.

I hope there will be many more days like this.