Clean up

It's been cold recently so we're way behind on getting things organised down the plot. One of the main things we need to do is clean the greenhouse. It's a bit of a mess in there.

But first, coffee...

It was rather tricky to wrestle the shelving units out now that we have the second greenhouse facing the first. But we managed to get it sorted in the end.

Though the pallet wood table was a real pig to move out. It needs a damn good clean as there are plenty of spiders making a home in out, as well as a few mouse droppings all over the place. Guess they've been after our seeds.

We pulled out the old weed membrane and decided to put down a layer of wood chip before we put in a new lot of membrane. This should give us a put of a cushion and allow us to try and level the tables a little better.

Needless to say, after a few hours cleaning, we still haven't finished. Let alone started on the second greenhouse. So at the moment a lot of stuff has been left outside overnight.

We'll be back tomorrow. Well, I will be anyway. The Wife is off gallivanting about with her friends. I think she calls it "shopping".

Meanwhile, we tried an old trick to get some melon seeds started. Wet newspaper wrapped in plastic. Things seem to have started ok.

Of course, it's going to be too cold to leave these fragile things at the allotment, so all we did is pot them up ready to be taken back home to a nice warm kitchen. We can't even consider starting seeds yet. It's just too damn cold.

But that hasn't seemed to affect the onions...

Or the rhubarb...