At long last, another entry

It has been quiet on the blog, and it is with some degree of humility that I realise there have been no entries for almost six weeks, apart from the one that I made a few minutes ago. A long holiday in Greece may have had something to do with it, but enough of excuses.

Although there have been no blog entries, that does not mean that there has been no work going on. Stalwarts Bob and Adam have been grafting away as usual, with occasional help from the usual others.

The state of play is as follows: we now have a row of raspberries (OK, they have been in for a while, but I'm doing a summary here), a row of strawberries that are already fruiting, three rows of potatoes, a block of sweetcorn and another of ever-lasting flowers have been planted out.

The grass mats have all been laid, but still need to be flattened out a bit as the soil has settled leaving them a bit uneven. The two big raised beds have been built, put into position and have been filled with alternating layers of topsoil and compost (as the picture below - courtesy of Roundup - shows, we had one sq m. each of topsoil and compost delivered the other day).

The last of the muck has been spread on the allotment (thanks Adam), making space for the remaining raised beds and the compost bins to be built.