[Muls]

Digging , on a new plot that is 6 foot high in bind weed and couch grass. I limit myself to 3 runs of digging at a time, then move back to the "up together" plot for reassurance that I am doing ok really!

[Scottish Mike]

Digging again today. The soil I'm digging consists of loads of couch grass strands, mint roots and strawberry runners everywhere. So far filled a 125L empty compost sack full with roots and strands. Cleared a 3x2m area out of a total of 5x4m. It's slow going!

If the weather holds up tomorrow going to take a break from digging and do some hedge cutting.

[surbie100]

Am actually very envious of all the posts about digging. I won't be able to do any of that till the plot dries out, which I reckon will be the end of March....

Sowed peas, cornflowers, marigolds and pricked out some more chillies into small pots. Twiddled thumbs. 

[Dave NE]

. So far filled a 125L empty compost sack full with roots and strands.
Hi SM, those roots have robbed nutrients from your plot, if you put them in a barrel and fill with water you should get them all back again as liquid fertiliser, cheers Dave

[Kate and her Ducks]

Planted my bare rooted strawberries that arrived yesterday, dug my bean trench and filled it with muck (bit late I know) and found this lady also working hard. Spring it definitely on the way!!!

[teamspotty]

Digging - some parts are very clay and as such sticky as hell, but I hit a nice patch today which was nice.

Twerping (Tame Wildlife Escape Ruination and Prevention device) now completely finished. Photo's attached.

[teamspotty]

Oh and drank lots of allotment tea with Frost...

[teamspotty]

Oh and put some cauli & romensca seeds in newspaper pots in the greenhouse....

[teamspotty]

Saw my first bee of the year...

Started to dig out the remaining soil pile in the corner of the allotment so I can plant rhubarb, also tried out my builders bags for planting potatoes in - the results were disappointing - they don't hold their shape very well and are too large.... Had to dash to shed for one almighty downpour...  So! Have decided that tyre stacks are the best way to go for potatoes as it means that once a year they get cleared down and the bricks can be moved to clear any weed roots on top of weed membrane. The builders bags can be used for ferrying well rotted horse muck (100 yards from allotments) once I have built my human/canine wagon (from an old ikea cabin bed) and also for storing the top soil I'm digging out where I'm going to need it (once I've mined out the sandstone).

Have arranged to get some rounded steel that our farrier has in his shed and isn't using, for making membrane staples. Our farrier also knows where I can get some scaffold poles, kick boards and polypipe for free (to make polytunnel) so he's sorting that out for us!

Round our way, they use bags for recycling glass and they get blown everywhere once they've been emptied so am going to use them to plant my pumpkins in (rather than use tyre stacks) leaving tyres for potatoes.

Got growbags for toms/cucurbits.

Seeded some lettuces/rocket - many varieties....

[Offwego]

Put in two rows of early potato then covered them in fleece.

[teamspotty]

Sorted 9 tyre stacks ready for potatoes, another 2 just need a little extra soil to mix in the compost. Have enough tyres for 2 more stacks. Moved the builders bag from yesterdays failed attempt at seeing whether it would be good for growing potatoes in.

[Pimento]

Battled the gales to put up windbreak mesh around the new half-plot, to try and cope with the awful prevailing winds. Planted some peas and broad beans in modules in the snug greenhouse, and pruned back the alstroemerias. Put up with small oik child leaning out of local window screaming: "Oi missus, are you a lesbian?" repeatedly. Cos where my plot is, most small boys who see women working alone, digging, wielding hammers etc seem to be of the opinion that they must be lesbians.

[Hampshire Hog]

Prepared a bed for my onions. Sowed some Boltardy beetroot in a tray in my conservatory hoping to get a head start on Spring. cheers HH

[Geordie Gal]

Lovely bright morning at the coast. Plot looking quite tidy despite me doing very little since the autumn.  Today I weeded the strawberry and asparagus beds, cut back autumn raspberries and had a general tidy up.  Just the therapy I needed after a busy week at work.

[snowdrops]

Battled the gales to put up windbreak mesh around the new half-plot, to try and cope with the awful prevailing winds. Planted some peas and broad beans in modules in the snug greenhouse, and pruned back the alstroemerias. Put up with small oik child leaning out of local window screaming: "Oi missus, are you a lesbian?" repeatedly. Cos where my plot is, most small boys who see women working alone, digging, wielding hammers etc seem to be of the opinion that they must be lesbians.

Maybe shout back "yes, due to what the local area has to offer in males!"