Inspection of plot

It's been a while since we visited the allotment and actually it doesn't look in bad shape. Some of the purple sprouting brocolli is ready for picking:

.. and we are continuing to harvest leeks. We had a little tidy up, removing old runner beans and peas plus some canes. Graeme dug over part of the plot (where we had onions last year) in preparation for the potatoes. Before:

After:

Turns out we had done a decent job of weeding before as there was no bind weed growing in the patch - makes a really nice change for weeding to be as straightforward as that. Also added some of the manure delivered in the autumn to help lighten the soil a little - there is no doubting that we're on Oxford clay. Spuds should be happy there! It was a beautiful day: