10-4-8 At the allotment
Originally uploaded by Planet Mad

The view from the path as the last of the digging is completed on the left-hand side. It's looking much happier than it did this time last year!

10-4-8 At the allotment

10-4-8 At the allotment
Originally uploaded by Planet Mad

After digging 4-4-8

After digging 4-4-8
Originally uploaded by Planet Mad

It's looking more healthy up there - three rows of potatoes are planted by the broad beans (under the white wire tunnels) and it doesn't look like an abandoned wasteland any more.

In other news, lots of the seeds we planted have sprouted, so we've got squash, courgettes, tomatoes, peppers, chilis, and artichokes popping through. Hurrah!

After digging 4-4-8

After digging 4-4-8
Originally uploaded by Planet Mad

Desperate times call for desperate measures, so I went and hired a rotavator-type thing, which was a bit lightweight, but did a quicker job than I would have done with a fork.

Before digging

Before digging 4-4-8
Originally uploaded by Planet Mad

The left-hand side of the allotment, looking from the path. It looks far worse here than it did in real life, but it was still bad enough for us to get a letter from the council asking if we really wanted an allotment. Pah.