Out of every sadness a benefit.....

It was a sad moment when we arrived at the allotment yesterday to find that two of the nicest allotmenteers you could meet had been allocated a plot just a short walk from their home rather than the two miles to Churchill Way, so had decided to move plots.

We will really miss them, but gave them a two egg leaving present.

They left us their raised beds. Today we started moving and were amazed by the smount of compost they contained as well as railway sleepers.

We have brought eight half lengths home to make steps between the two lawns and have moved some of the heavier ones onto our allotment. There are still a lot to move, and if the plot hasn't been allocated to someone else we will move some more next weekend.




We decided to fill the Jewswons bags provided by Brian from the sand for his extention, and thought we might be lucky to half fill one. This was the case by 2p.m. but by 4.30 when it was dark, I had filled 1 1/2 but was too tired to lift the camara to take a picture.

The ducks were a bit miffed as they weren't tall enough to look in the bag but they somehow knew just how many worms there were in there. Putting it in bags was my good deed for the worm preservation society.

Watch this space for very long, very straight carrots and parsnip next year!!!

Anatomy isn't one of my strong points, but however many bones there are in the human body, every one of mine aches.