What's that yellow ball in the sky? It's the sun! Well, for a short while anyway. We were promised a brief sunny interlude in-between two more bouts of heavy rain and very high winds and the forecasters seemed to have got it right.
The day started bright, breezy and comfortably warm; despite feeling a bit unwell this week, I decided that an hour or so on the allotment was the type of medicine that would get me back on the track to full fitness. As the covers had blown off one of my beds I thought I'd give it a quick turn over with the fork to see if it was claggy and compacted. To my surprise it wasn't too bad; I only had to use my foot on the fork a handful of times, otherwise I was able to just push it in and turn the ground over without too much effort. (Just as well as I wasn't feeling particularly strong!).
I haven't bothered replacing the covers on this bed as it won't be used in earnest until around May for the runner beans and then in June for the winter squash. As gale after gale seems to be sweeping over the country at the moment there seems little point as the plastic will just be blown from the bed anyway. As I write this afternoon the weather forecaster has just issued a high wind warning again for this evening with the possibility of 'structural damage' - not good. (Below, bed quickly turned over with a fork).
After a few freshly pulled leeks covered with cheddar on toast for lunch, I popped back to the plot to take a look under the covers of a small section of another bed that will host my broad beans next month. Again, my clay soil was surprisingly easy to fork over and didn't look too bad at all. Despite the plastic being on and off due to the weather it wasn't too wet. I recovered this area and weighted it down with planks and bricks in the hope of keeping the worst of the weather off it over the next few weeks. Well, time to enjoy the last of the afternoon sunshine before the next storm sweeps in!
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