Christmas now reigns supreme - and leaves very little time for the allotment. However, this week I received in the post one gooseberry bush (invicta). Being dry rooted (as opposed to in a container) it needed dealing with as soon as possible so we did take time out of our busy festive schedule for a trip to the allotment to plant said bush.
It was freezing cold today but bright and sunny. Even so, by 3.00 this afternoon there was still a thickish layer of ice on all the water tanks. Its odd, but ice does tend to bring out the child in me and I enjoyed playing with the ice and even lifting one complete sheet out of a tank. It was a good thing it was too cold for any but the most foolhardly to be out and about this afternoon, so I wasn't spotted and banned from the the site for good!
After a brisk walk around the site, mostly to keep warm we attended to the gooseberry which was planted with due solemnity, and according the the instructions. It had a hole filled with a beautiful mixture of compost, topsoil and growmore so it should be fine. We then went swiftly home as it was far too cold to hang around.
Our robin was obviously missing human companionship because the moment we arrived he appeared to say hello. There was also another LBB (Little brown bird) which sounded pretty much like a skylark but he would not sit still long enough to have his likeness taken.
Christmas now reigns supreme - and leaves very little time for the allotment. However, this week I received in the post one gooseberry bush (invicta). Being dry rooted (as opposed to in a container) it needed dealing with as soon as possible so we did take time out of our busy festive schedule for a trip to the allotment to plant said bush.
It was freezing cold today but bright and sunny. Even so, by 3.00 this afternoon there was still a thickish layer of ice on all the water tanks. Its odd, but ice does tend to bring out the child in me and I enjoyed playing with the ice and even lifting one complete sheet out of a tank. It was a good thing it was too cold for any but the most foolhardly to be out and about this afternoon, so I wasn't spotted and banned from the the site for good!
After a brisk walk around the site, mostly to keep warm we attended to the gooseberry which was planted with due solemnity, and according the the instructions. It had a hole filled with a beautiful mixture of compost, topsoil and growmore so it should be fine. We then went swiftly home as it was far too cold to hang around.
Our robin was obviously missing human companionship because the moment we arrived he appeared to say hello. There was also another LBB (Little brown bird) which sounded pretty much like a skylark but he would not sit still long enough to have his likeness taken.
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