I’ve not been up the allotment very often so far this year but I popped up this afternoon to drop off another bag of chainsaw chippings, to remove the fleece that I had on against the risk of frosts and to do a bit of weeding. I also took the opportunity to do my first sowing of the year up there – some short rows of lettuce (two varieties), beetroot and carrots. All should be able to cope with moderately cold conditions although I’ll need to cover them if we get warnings of more frost.

Plenty more to do but it feels good to get some seed in the ground, not least because I could really do with finishing up some of the seed packets in my stash before dreaming about what new things I want to buy.