The snow has abated but it remained quite cold for most of last week. Slowly but surely the temperature has increased which allowed even the most solid snowman to melt away. Consequently the ground at the lottie is soaking. It is far too wet to work. It is not too wet for the Pigeons to eat though. There isn't a single brassica standing on the unprotected plots. The repairs I made to the netting last week seem to have worked but the damage is done.
I did have another job to do. The Society was able to buy some planks, pegs, screws and weed membrane which I cobbled together to make a series of family beds. The family beds are 7 x 1.5 metres and are intended for those folks that would find a whole allotment too big or just want to try gardening. The membrane covered the mud between the beds. As it happens we have several tons of stone handy to make up a path between the beds. Steve gave me a hand to lay the path with the stone. The planks define the edge of the beds and path but are intended to act as raised beds as well. Given the state of the sopping mud on which the beds lie it just as well the beds will have soil added otherwise Rice might be a more appropriate plant rather than Cabbages. I was covered in mud by the end of the few hours it took me to build the beds. It was rewarding though. It is always good to do something with your hands.
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