The plan was to spend today at the allotment, but the rain got the better of me. The soil, already wet from the rain this week, was no good for digging and the dour weather was no good for morale. So I went home without making much progress.
On the positive side, Miss M also come down today and bought the cloches she had made from corrugated plastic sheets, given to us by a departing allotmenteer in the winter. A bit of DIY later and we have some sexy shelters for the timid spinach. They have no proper ends yet so we shoved a bit of broken glass (RISK ASSESS!!!) at either end to keep the heat in.
I think they look great and serve a useful purpose - so bonus points to Miss M for the bright idea. Now the spinach have no reason not to survive.
As for the weather, the sun came this afternoon, not long after I had packed off home. Just my luck.
4th May 2008
