Hello 2019. You are currently full of unknown potential.

Starting somewhere

It's still only February and I have a full day of allotment work under my belt with Oscar which feels good

The poly tunnel is no more.  The frame stands, but we cut off most of the scraggly remains of plastic after complaints from the poor people who live adjoining the plot that the noise on a windy day was annoying.

Today was about general tidying, clearing brambles, motivating overgrown beds and having an absolutely massive bonfire.

I was on bramble clearing, and it was super satisfying to get them just as they are about to sprout into uncontrollable chaos.

Once Oscar has a power tool in his hand there is no stopping him, and he not only motivated a bed ready for broad beans and parsnips, but one side of the tunnel, some bunny paths and an enormous area at the bottom of the plot which we have never successfully cultivated.  Maybe this is the year...

It was very mild and I was aware villagers were undoubtedly taking advantage of this to hang out washing, but when it started to rain at 3pm, we lit the bonfire.  And what a whopper!  Tons of scrap, semi rotten wood, one and a half crappy sheds and a pile of brambles which reached the sky, and we were ready to leave the embers and go home at about 8pm.