Spent a few hours today down at the allotment. Dug over No 1 and No 2 beds for the second time and all I have to do now is rake it over ready for the autumn garlic planting. I've ordered three different sorts of seed from The Garlic Farm on The Isle of Wight and they should be here any day now.
There is a very tired looking and overgrown strawberry bed already established and, according to a plot neighbour, it is the source of some amazing strawberries. I tidied up the bed and cut back the plants for over wintering. It looks a bit shabby at the moment but fingers crossed for the summer. I'm sure once I level it up a bit and bung down some straw to protect the potential harvest it will look ok...the main thing is the crop, anyway...not how it looks!
I have partially dug over the edge of this bed as well and saved a few healthy runners so hopefully I can plant them over the next couple of days and look forward to a bumper crop. I'm not the world's biggest strawberry fan but it would be a shame to waste what is effectively free food!
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