How ironic that the last post should be about conserving water.  To be honest the last month’s rain has been very welcome, but we probably still need more.  Earthing up potatoes soon reveals that the underlying soil is still pretty dry.  However, the wet surface has meant that there have been planty of days where we just haven’t wanted to get onto the allotment for fear of compressing the top of the soil and making it harder for water to get through.

The cold weather has also held back activity as we don’t want to put young plants into shock.  We have got quite a lot of stuff hardening off in cold frames and cloches, but there are also many plants still on window sills living the soft life.  Suggestions that things may get warmer over the next few days could start things moving down the conveyor towards planting out.