In the afternoon we went down to the allotment to do some more planting, some potting up, some tidying up ... and to check up on the temperatures in the greenhouses and poly tunnel. Over last week we constructed another glass house – just a little 6’ x 6’ aluminium greenhouse.
Even though it was second hand it’s looking pretty darn good ... we were only given the frame and some odd bits of glass so we’ve been busy cutting up more spare pieces of glass to fit and holding them in place with glazing strip and W clips. So that greenhouse is sat waiting to be occupied – we’ve got some hanging and wall mounted shelves to fit (courtesy of my old greenhouse before I moved) and then we’ll use it without benching to grow tomato plants in grow bags placed straight onto the ground.

It’s Been A Bit Potty ...
I also filled up the boot of the car with loads of plant pots, seed trays and seed tray covers not yet occupied to take to my new ‘mini’ greenhouse at home. So I’ll have even more space for planting and raising new plants ...

Soaking Up The Sun As We Rotovate ...
Sunday we’re planning to spend rotovating part of the allotment ready for planting. We’re going to prepare the ground either side of the remaining row of parsnips.

The ground is too hard for digging by hand (we tried this Friday ... and only managed two rows before we gave up!) so we’re hoping the rotovator will make lighter work of the compact soil ... I’ll let you know!

Planning The New Back Garden ...
And finally I’m getting round to choosing a fence for my back garden ... I can’t exactly do a lot of planting until I get a new fence put up! So it’s now just a case of ordering the panels and off we go!

Let’s hope this glorious, sunshiny weather stays with us ... so we can all get some time in the garden and at the allotment in the evenings after work ... and plot for another busy weekend!