Allotment Growing

Vegetable, Fruit & Herb Gardening

Allotment Diary for Friday 18th April 2008

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Managed an hour on the plot today, despite the rain. Had to leave when it threatedned to drown me.

All I managed was to cart 8 barrow loads of leaves to the cage on plot 29. One very useful tool is a large plastic bag with a strengthening band around the rim.

The band holds the bag open so it's easy to fill and getting the leaves into the cage, as it fills up, is far easier with the bag.

As the leaves are roadsweepings, some of the drops have a lot of dirt and grit in them. This is great for our heavy soil so I've pile these next to the heap, ready to dig in next year.

In case anyone thinks all this work isn't worth it... I am writing a server script that keeps failing. Driving me mad. As I shifted the leaves the answer popped into my mind. So an hour out has both given me some fresh air and exercise as well as save me more hours of stressing over a program.

Plus we eat some great veggies.

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