The Agony and Ecstacy.

Today the hard work started. The first task was to see where the plot really was, and where the boundaries were. It was so overgrown it is not an easy task.

The session started to feel more like archeology as the more we dug the more plastic, corrugated iron and pipe work we found... and a chair. The guys who have taken over the other half of the plot said they thought you only got an allotment by filling dead mens' shoes. They then found a pair of boots buried.

Anyway, we soon cleared a corner and using the scrap iron sheet we created a compost, and attacked the surrounding area. Down came most of a tree, and we discovered rhubarb, horseradish, and a few potatoes.

Almost three hours later, there is some evidence of progress... and a lot of stiff muscles.


The compost area. This was completely covered in brambles and bindweed when we started.


All this area was overgrown. There was a tree wrapped in bindweed next what is now the compost. You can just see the trunk still left. We hope it's an apple tree, but we'll wait to see if it grows again.


Having cleared this area, we've covered most of it over again.


Finally, we reaped what we didn't sow. Rhubarb for tea? Pity we're not having any roast beef to go with the horseradish!