Pea net

Following the second dig of bed two which took 3 goes and thats not including the first dig to clear the surface grass. I managed to plant out a gutter full of peas which I errected a 22mm net to support using some batton and a bamboo Caine across the top.
The allotment is without a tap as this is disconnected each winter and yet to be reconnected, so I hope the gods will help out until such times. I am now going to focus on bed 3 which I will raise 6 inches with kickboards and this will become a no dig bed. I will add a layer of compost, several layers of newspaper, then alternate layers of compost and manure to fill the 6 inch.
I'll post the pics and results. 

WHAT ARE THESE

I keep digging these funky fellas up and I don't have a clue what they are or whether they're bad or not.
Anyone help?

Bloody foxes!

Wow we managed three varieties if potatoes yesterday only to be told the frost will get them if I'm not careful.
Then today I find a fox has dug up a load of them. And walked all over the rest.
What do I do about this invasion?  Well after some investigation I will be trying the wee method!!! I will exert my alfa male and pee all around the plot, across the paths and around the whole 14 plot space.
No not really,  I don't fancy the nicking or the embarrassing court appearance for urinating in a public place. So I'll discreetly pee in a bottle and sencesibly add the liquid to the boarders arround my plot.

T.B.C
First "wetting" yesterday 24th March

Potatoes in!

Excellent few hrs digging over and removing weeds. Managed to get 3 different varieties of potatoes in the ground.  Only to be told by the next door neighbour the frost this weekend might kill them!!!
Now looking for some fleece quick as
The new valentines flask came out for Ross "a friend digging the plot with me" shame the tea in it wasn't up to scratch.
The plot is slowly being taken back by the grower.

Beautiful day

I had a wall to finish building today I needed to hang a door plasterboard the stud wall and fit a lock the archives and skirting.
All I can think about is digging the allotment plot, so I left work at 12 grabbed a pastie and headed to the plot. I have some onions and garlic to get in the ground but the area isn't dug yet. So I quickly re-dug the first patch and planted the garlic. I finished the pastie and headed back to work.
I raced through the work and back to dig again by 3.30pm only managed two spade lengths deep bt 4m long before the back gave up.
Now I've just seen an article in grow your own magazine (growing help) Charles Dowding's No-Dig!  Why didn't I see this before.

More to follow on this No-Dig bussiness.

Sowed some seed at last

Sowed Cauliflower, Brussels sprouts nelson f1 & red delicious, 3 different types of Cabbage, Broccoli,  Chard brightlights, spring onions in heated propagator, Leeks, sunflowers, some sweet pea and Adonis (pheasants eye).
The leek seed is from a leak I let go to seed and this is the first time I've grown them this way so fingers crossed.
The allotment is proving very slow I've only managed one session on Sunday as it is still very wet lets hope the next couple of weeks are dry.