Unusual Big Shiny Thing In The Sky

Well we went to the allotment this Sunday. It was Jim's turn to man the trading shed and I intended to put in some onion sets and sow salad seeds in our cloche non of which happened as I saw people that I had not seen for ages down here so being polite had to chat to them all !!!

Running through the site is the river Beck and we have seen a couple of mallards and moorhens courting so hopefully, as in past years we shall see them nesting. 

We had covered the bay with fleece during the winter and have just removed it. It seems to have survived and has some fresh leaves in the middle just need to prepare the bed that it is in for our beetroot. Someone gave us some leeks, nice to see some fresh veg which comes from the plot, need some ideas how to best use them?

Our Christmas tree that we planted a couple of years ago seems to growing very well. Eight years ago we held a children's party on our plot and have had a giant sunflower which we used as decoration in the shed ever since so as it looks as if spring is on its way I thought that she might like to take the air. She still had a smile on her face.

Hopefully will get lots more underway next week.