[grendel]

just a quick trip today, before the predicted rain, with the strimmer in brush cutter mode to cut down the raspberry canes from last year, ready for this years growth.

[mjg000]

First visit since before Christmas as I have had the dreaded chesty cough and various other lergy attacking me.  Just went to check nothing had been blown away and to collect the seed trays that were in the greenhouse so that I could get on and sow my onion seeds.  Came away with a good harvest too; the first PSB, Brussel Sprouts, a green cabbage, good sized carrots from some Autumn seed, leeks.  Have all now gone into a casserole with lamb shanks to feed us for the week-end.

[Mattgregory27]

Placed my seed order for this year. Getting itchy fingers now but need to wait until I have put up the polytunnel I got for Christmas!!!!!

[Jackypam]

Built 3 new compost bins from pallets, but couldn't finish the final one because I need one more pallet. Moved all the compost from the old 2 bin system and put some on the beds to make room.  Soil very squelchy but just grateful we are not under water like poor folk in Cumbria and Scotland. Put sweet peas in water to sow tomorrow to decorate new bins😊  Got the Harrods horticultural catalogue and looked at the compost bins in there. Does anyone ever buy them?  They are soooo dear!  Anyway o/h pleased to hear that when he gets more pallets I would like lids for my new bins, like the ones that are £36 each or something ridiculous in the catalogue.  Got very wet and very muddy.

[Mattgregory27]

Dug over a 6m X 3m area of grass which will be the spot for my polytunnel. Will be constructing it next week!!

[Christine]

On New year's day we fed the compost heap and picked leeks, sprouts, broccoli, beetroot and proved that the water table was level with the top of the soil.

On 2nd January I paid the rent for both plots.

On Sunday it rained. On Monday I did the essential shopping. Today the roads are all flooded so I checked the seed packets at home.

[mum51965]

My allotment is under water at the moment. I have been browsing seed catalogues though. The weather has to improve sometime surely. I only got the allotment late in the season so it needs digging and weeding and preparing and at the moment I am being prevented. Looking forward to spring.

[Trikidiki]

First visit this year.

I had a cup of tea!

[Aled]

Looked at my patch: For the first time in weeks it does not look like a paddy field!
Cheers
Aled   

[Mattgregory27]

Put new roofing felt on my shed. Fingers crossed it is watertight now!!!!

[Jackypam]

Mine looks like a cross between a paddy field and a pig field . Still paddled about put the last side on my 3 bin pallet compost heap.  Now just need fronts and a couple of lids.  More pallets required again.

[Trikidiki]

Second visit this year.

Sat in the greenhouse and drank more tea.

[AnneB]

It is the first day without teeming rain for weeks.  I thought that there might be a few on site, but we were all alone.  Harvested leeks, cabbage, salsify, beetroot and leaf beet.  Surveyed the standing water, mostly on the paths rather than the beds.  OH did his back bending down to undo netting, so we came home.

[Trikidiki]

Managed to do a little more than drink tea today.

Planted up the saffron corms in pots. Will post some pictures on the other thread later, surbie100.

Treated the floor joists for my new shed. Also treated a few other odd bits of wood that needed doing, while I had the brush out.

Harvested a few of the Christmas potatoes, some carrots and parsnips.

Had a cup of tea.

Cleared some space in my little, soon to become, propagation greenhouse. Laid half the floor with slabs.

A few other small maintenance tasks.

What a joy to be able to do something apart from shelter from the rain.

[grendel]

finally 2 dry days in a row, so down the plot with the rotovator, the ground was frozen, which was ideal. 2 hours later the initial dig was done, because the ground is frozen, its not too boggy, but the rotovator can break up the frosty soil, I am happy to have got that initial dig done.