It's almost like Spring

 Bright blue skies. Sun is shining. Bees are buzzing. Anybody would be forgiven that it's Springtime. So it's time to get the allotment ready. Well OK, not exactly ready as we're still a few weeks out of properly decent weather.

So today was a chance to work on any odd little bits that need tidying up, and also a chance to go over the plot a bit closer following after last weeks blow. First thing to do was to put the panel back in the door. I didn't fit it last week as it was still a bit blowy, but today is perfect weather for re-fitting it. And there were no problems. However I did take a closer look at the greenhouse during this and I did notice another bit of an issue. Namely that the flapping about had caused some stress fractures on the perspex roof sections.

Whilst this is not a problem at this time, it could be an issue further down the line. I think next time I come to the plot I'll bring my tape measure so that I can measure up all of the panels just in case I need to replace everything.

Elsewhere on the plot things are starting to grow. The garlic has started.

Now we've never had much luck with alliums on the plot, so this is the first time we've tried full blown garlic here. So it's kind of a gamble. But the fact that there are lots of new shoots here is somewhat gratifying.

Elsewhere in The Wife's flowerbed the daffs are just starting to show. But also the Cosmos has started taking over.

And at the other end of the flower bed there is an oddity. There is a rogue plant that's got in. Now we're not unfamiliar with rogue plants as we've had a few, but this one could be a problem. We've got a rogue artichoke.

So I guess that's something we will have to keep an eye on in the future.