First sign of mud

Been a lovely hot day here in the heart of Devon today, 75f . Too hot for work on the allotment, so we all spent the day playing in the park and walking along the river.

Kids are in bed, so at 8.00 pm Dan left the house with strimmer in hand. He continued to clear the plot, and has made good progress.

Day 4

We can now make out that the plot has not only one, but two established raspberry bushes, a large blackberry bush, over two dozen strawberry plants and a blackcurrant bush. With the strimming ongoing, Dan can now see the first signs of mud!

Strawberry patch

look, some mud!

Our next decision  will be whether or not to go all out with the Roundup, which we don't really want to do as it's expensive and not organic or simply find what ever we can to use as a weed suppressant. There are several large corrugated steel pannels behind the shed which we may use.

With light fading the strimmer ran out of line and the petrol ran low. He came back at 10.00 pm with two more donated courgettes and some lovely runner beans. Already our fridge is filling up with lovely organic produce which was kindly given to us by our new allotment friends.