Such symmetry, it’s bliss

The makeshift cold frame at the allotment was very cold indeed. The lid blew off. I drove up in a gentle snowstorm this morning and was disappointed by the weather. This was to be my first morning of a three day session of potato planting I had planned. But I wasn’t deterred. I stopped at the garden centre and bought six huge bags of multi-purpose compost. They bashed merrily into all sorts of displays on their way to the cash desk. Serious trolley malfunction occurring just as I rounded the paint displays. Not sure I will be welcome back for a while.

And once I had heaved them from the car to the plot I decided to put off the heavy potato work with a spot of planting peas and bark chips first. I may not have perfect crops, but my paths are a sight to behold. Scooping up the freshly chipped tree branches that were left behind by the tree surgeons last month, I merrily decorated the paths with this pale fresh crop of mulch.

And then did another row of peas. Such symmetry, it’s bliss. And then after a slug of water and a few scoffed biscuits, I got down to the potato work. It isn’t pretty but at least I lots done. In total today I had put down six rows of potatoes, three peas and a few extra broad beans in the gaps. The robin has come back to supervise my digging which is lovely. And I even had time to mulch around the rhubarb. It isn’t romping – but it’s still early spring.