The possibility exists that I am at this moment in Cornwall and that by the wonders of technology I have written this post on Saturday and it has been scheduled to be posted on Monday. If you are not reading this post then technology has obviously failed me yet again!
Good news. The chap who owns the plot next door has finally turned up. His excuse for having done nothing whatsoever this year to his allotment is that he is busy with all the arrangements for getting married next September. A reasonable excuse I suppose.
He has the rolling accent of someone from Liverpool. In other words, he is a ‘scouser’ as we affectionately like to call folk who come from that part of the world. The plot belongs to his wife-to-be. Perhaps her terms and conditions for entering into marriage is that he proves himself to be handy with a spade. He has certainly attacked the plot with gusto and made up for lost time.
His saving grace is that he cleverly covered his plot last winter with a landscapers fabric weighed down with hefty boulders. When he lifted the fabric for the first time this week it revealed a weed-free soil that only required a quick dig through before seeds could be sown and potato tubers planted.
On our plot everything is slowly growing up. The tomatoes and courgettes have been planted out and look happy enough.
Back next week with more photos I promise you!
Hi Mike, I prepare all my posts and then schedule them to be published at a later date, as you can Imagine this technology fascinates an old geezer like myself. Mind you it always means my posts are a bit out of date. We have these Poppies scattered here and there in the back garden, I refer to them as Welsh Poppies but they may be some other wild form. It must be great being able to grow tomatoes outdoors.
Hello Alistair, oh yes the benefits of growing tomotoes outside is the improved taste…although much can go wrong from now until harvesting… I do love Welsh poppies and allow them to grow where they will!
Good morning Mike! It’s Monday morning, and I am reading your post. It means technology worked! I am glad your neighbor is not some lazy dude. I understand how helpful covering the soil could be. I use black fabric to cover garden paths, and it saves me a lot of time. The only bad thing is that the little garden snakes like to hide under it and scare me when I step on them!
Hello Tayyana…snakes under the soil fabric…that would scare the daylights out of me…you are made of braver stuff than I!
You couldn’t really expect a girl who’s to be married to be getting her hands and fingernails dirty in the muck, could you?
Absolutely Patty! Why did God invent us men in the first place?
Don’t you just love technology?! Hope your back is better. Hope by the time you are back my own courgettes are planted out, too. I am already dreaming of lush summer salads with thin slices of griddled courgette, a little chilli, some sharp cheese, and cherry tomatoes…
Hello Janet, summer is not far away!