[Christo]

Had such a lovely day today. Nice and dry ground. Gone are the water logged days of February.

Turned over the soil on 3 beds and dug & filled my bean trenches. Hard days work, worthy of the glass of red wine that I'm now enjoying while wathing the rugby.

Happy Days. 

[Doddy]

2 new Water Butts plumbed into the gutters of the greenhouse, just in time for the rain

Next - cross-link them, then get a submersible pump and a solar-charged battery, to maintain a header tank inside the greenhouse, and an irrigation kit. Planning for low-maintenance this year

Just sown some alpine strawberries, tomatoes and courgette in a propagator (/lights-blue-touch-paper).

[vet]

Finally did something on the plot. OH rotivated while I took down the brasicca cage 

It was  so nice to be able to get out there!!  Its been so wet up til now

Spread lots of manure over the quarter where the spuds are going & rotivated it all in

Then everything stopped when we found an injured hedgehog by the side of the road

running round the allotment.  Found a box and took him to a wildlife centre

They said one leg was hanging off but if he survives maybe we can put him back on our

allotment.  All in all an interesting day

[kingdhesiii]

Nothing as I had a mega hangover from going out in town the last 2 days. Then went to the football, 0-0 not great but still had fun !!

[whistler]

Put in another four rows of earlies and planted half a row of beetroot.
Spent  a lot of time talking with other allotmenteers.  Lovely morning.

[Allotmentgirl]

Had a lovely day on the plot. Sunshine and a little wind but warm enough to sit on the bench and drink tea. O yes, did some planting - spuds, onions, beetroot and carrots. Also planted some flowers alongside the shed.
And, my allotment neighbour strimmed my grass - how kind!

[loopylottie]

Just started raining as I set out for the lottie but I went anyway. Shouldnt have bothered as all of my plot had been recaimed by the weeds. so much for my hard work digging it all over last month in the cold.

At least the rhubarb had magicaly appeared ( somebody told me there was rhubarb on my plot somewhere, turns out they were right)

Shall go sunday armed with a fork and wage war on the weeds .... again.

LottieX

[Flump]

Went up yesterday and dug over corner for potatoes and managed to plant two rows of first earlies.Lovely bit of sun.Was hoping to sneak up today but it's raining haven't started any seeds off yet so panicking just a little!

[Flump]

I just noticed I've got 'experienced' member under my name, ha ha ha! 

[lizzie1982]

Yesterday I weeded Bed 1 and got ride of two barrowfuls of couch grass and mares tail. I also started building a compost bin from pallets.
Had a nosy at Colin's new plot which is down by the brook and chatted to Jim about potatoes and where to plant them this year.
If the weather stays fair today, i'll finish off the compost bin and make some raised beds.

[Rich]

Wetter than an otter's pocket again today, went down to see if all was well after the rain and wind and the neighbouring plot has had some work done on it. Looks like i have a new neighbour, maybe the dividing fence will get mended. Bumped into the guy who delivers the manure so asked him for a delivery next sunday, so not a total loss.

[digalotty]

just finishing off a cuppa and then off i go,   got a load to do but i am looking forward to it,
mmmm     shall i erect my plastic greenhouse today,    will see

[PennyS]

First proper go on the plot this year, yesterday.

Looked at all the weeds and started despairing, but cheered myself up that I've time to sort them, it's a while before most things will go in the ground. (It's been far too wet to do any digging or anything).

Tidied up a bit, made good my compost bin area, worked out what's going where this year.

Harvested some snips, Jerusalem artichokes, leeks and salsify. 

That's it.  Need to start some sowing this week (at home).

[Jamie Butterworth]

Tidies potting shed and sowed:

- 2 more trays of spring onions (white lisbon)
- 1 tray of Scabious,
- 1 tray of beetroot

Then planted out the rest of the winter flowering pansies

[JulieP]

Did far too much digging - backs of the legs a little tight - ouch...... will be going tomorrow so more ouch....