CHEERS!

I wanted to do this post Monday morning, but all these pics were on Mr's phone and he had it at work with him.

We've actually started on the allotment, a little late, but given the appalling weather, we had to wait for the plot to dry up a bit.

We spent Sunday afternoon planting our first crop, potatoes, about 100 in all.  Mr has made the acquaintance of a farmer that grows spuds on an industrial scale and took some advice that hopefully will increase our yield this year, namely planting them a lot closer together.  We shall see.

I sat on a an upturned tub of chicken poo pellets,  teasing soil from the roots of weeds and grass clumps that Mr kindly dug up for me.  I managed to clear quite a good area without aggravating my back.  Our soil is lovely and healthy with plenty of earthworms, I think the term for this kind of soil is 'friable'..... I know actual gardening terms now!

There was a gathering number of jackdaws,  strutting about nonchalantly pecking at the grass on the neighbouring allotment, trying not to look obvious.  I could see they were just itching for us to leave in order to descend on a meaty feast.  Call me mad, but I rebury the worms that I find, just to give them a fighting chance.

There is still so much to do on the plot that I have to just focus on small patches and ignore the rest, otherwise it overwhelms me...it is quite a big plot.

By the time we finished, there was just enough sun left in the garden for a little celebration of the beginning of our growing year and we quaffed some nice cold Prosecco.

Little madam Elsie pinched my seat the moment I left it

Probably a little too much!