A day in the fresh air!

On Monday  I was so full of cold that I avoided sharing it with friends at Table Tennis and opted to spend the day in the fresh air on the plot. It also helped that Doug was wanting a helper to unload a delivery that was expected but, in the event, never came. Doug wasted the day waiting to be told that they had not fitted our order on to the lorry that morning at nearly 3pm! (It finally arrived Tuesday afternoon. Thanks to Chris for helping the unload.)





Having measured the site for the greenhouse very carefully, I dug a trench in which I then started setting the concrete blocks that will form the base. Heavy work especially when my cold slowed me down considerably.







I then hammered in the stakes for the brassica tunnel and screwed them to the uprights, thereby fixing the whole thing firmly. I then went back to its old patch and removed the last of the stakes. After much digging and levering they finally lifted out with a simple tug with my hands! I also reinstated the posts to support my raspberries, removed to help clear the way for the brassica tunnel.

I took home a small bundle of leeks after giving some to a neighbour. They need to be lifted and used before they run to seed! Another donation (of old purple sprouting plants) went to the chickens on another neighbouring plot.

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