We visited the allotment twice this weekend. The Saturday visit was the normal one, the weather forecast being better for Saturday than Sunday and Sunday being Mothers’ Day meant that most of the morning would be spent at church.

There really wasn’t a lot to do this weekend. No planting, or digging so we decided to “turn the compost”. Monty Don was doing this on Gardeners’ World last Friday and if it was good enough for him, it was definitely good enough for us. First we emptied the last of the old compost onto one of the beds while it waited for the potatoes to be planted.

Then we turned the compost into the container we had just emptied. It certainly looked good, and with a couple more months maturing should be totally delicious. We also added the leaves from our leaf mold containers to add that essential ‘brown’ element to the compost.

As a special treat, on Mothers’ Day I got an additional trip to the allotment to deliver my present – a large plastic watering can. My daughter knows the way to her mother’s heart.