New Life

I have just finished a two hour stint in the Allotment Shop. Needless to say that we did not have many customers at all. Only two. But we did have another allotmenteer stop by for a cup of tea.

I think the weather is definitely keeping people away. And I don't blame them. We've just had two weekends of storms, and it's still very blustery out there right now. Far too windy for any decent working on the plot, even if mine is a bit squelchy underfoot from all the rain.

But there are signs of life. Things are starting to perk up and break through. The welcome yellow sight of the Daffs for one.

And two, the Rhubarb is starting to peek through.

Soon I'll be able to make my infamous Rhubarb and Ginger Jam again. But until then, there is much to be done. Just not today.

Back on the plot

It's not often you get a nice sunny day in February. So we took full advantage of it and made a start clearing out some of the beds from our Weed Infested Jungle.

Between the two of us, we turned this...

and this...

into this...

It was difficult as there were a few thistles that had deep tap roots. We also were not used to hard physical work, so we took it rather slowly to get back into the swing of things. But it's early days yet. There is still a long way to go to bring the plot back under control.

We still have a whole load of path issues. But fortunately there is more than enough woodchip. But we have to get the tyre on the barrow re-inflated. Trying to wheel a barrowful of stuff on a flat tyre is not fun. And it would also help if the place dried out a bit. Tomorrows weather doesn't seem to want to help in that regard, so we're pretty glad we managed to get today done.