Getting There!

Although I have not been posting very frequently recently, we have still been going to the allotment. I have made a start on the path, we decided that the slabs would go further if I put bricks in between them, (I think it also looks nicer). Pete has been on holiday for 2 weeks and has been up to the plot everyday weather permitting, to keep up with the digging. We dismantled my sisters greenhouse last weekend and took it up to the allotment. Unfortunately just as we got there the rain came down - as my grandma used to say "in stair rods". We got soaked unloading it and decided enough was enough. Yesterday, as it was such a beautiful day we decided to go and put the greenhouse up. My dad offered to help, and between him, me and Pete we managed to get the frame built before lunch. I had dug up some small fruit trees (apple, plum and cherry) from home and Mum planted these along with some raspberry canes, she even got dad to dig a couple of holes for her! (dad is great with fences and greenhouses but he is not much of a gardener). After lunch Pete and I returned to the allotment to glaze the greenhouse, we managed to get it all done in a couple of hours (well 3 actually) - what a sense of satisfaction. We have been again today and put up the shelves, this was nearly as time consuming as the greenhouse frame itself but at least now we have somewhere to start our seed off whilst we dig some more weeds out of the plot.