Progress

With reference to previous posts, I really have finished the "Potato Patch". It has been cleared, dug, and dug again with leaf mould added. Finally it has been leveled off and roughly raked. All that is needed now is for it to stay weed free until the potatoes are to go in.

The potato patch is probably a bit bigger than I need, but I'll sort this out later.

It's quite clear now that I've cleared an area a bit wider than my plot. I hope this won't cause allotment rage, but I haven't seen my neigbours in four months, so I hope it's OK.

The owner of the front half of my plot also turned up today. He hasn't been since October. He only came to measure the plot, and it seems that I may have bitten more than half lengthwise as well. I think it's OK with him, or is he just too polite? At least I have been working on the ground.

One plot holder who has been there for 30 years stopped to talk today. He was telling me that the allotments have suffered from potato blight for the last three years. I hope its OK this year after all the effort!