A busy day...

9 March 2025 (Sunday)

Gosh, what a busy day!

I was at the plot early, filming a final segment of A Week at the Plot and on arriving, our old plot neighbour who left with her partner last year to live in Belgium was in the paddock area giving guidance to a friend.  Huge hugs ensued, and much catching up.  It was such a delight and really cheered me up, even though I didn’t know I needed cheering up.

I was just about to get down to work when a fellow one-over plot neighbour said hello… and much chat ensued, catching each other up as we’ve not seen each other for a LONG chat for a while - she had an accident on her bike just before Christmas and is only now mended enough to get back to her plot.  Sensibly, she’s giving herself a short allocation of time and building up from there - yesterday it was 45 minutes only, though it was lovely to see her pottering about sensibly doing portions of jobs that need doing…

Then another plotter wanted to speak about something - asking a question which I won’t go into here as it is about another fellow plotter… small communities and all that.  An allotment community really is just a microcosm of that outside of the site’s boundaries!  And at the end of this, another plotter who herself had another accident before Christmas came down the path to her plot, still walking carefully and slowly with two crutches, and we caught up - and for some reason the conversation got onto gastroscopies and endoscopies, both end… and we laughed so much it hurt… How did we even get on to that subject!!!

Anyway, the plot had its first strim of this calendar year, and given impetus by this I decided not to sow seeds but rather just get on with tidying of things, and pots, and paths, and places.  As allotmenteers we always leave things at the end of a trip as we’re tired and just don’t have the energy, and often instead of sorting at the start of the next visit things just get left.  Well, some things had got left far, far too long so I got on and sorted them, and the plot is now looking MUCH clearer!

Happy Days indeed!!!


Weather:  Another very sunny, warm day - and making the most of it as coller, cloudier weather is on the way!

Breakfast:  Bran sticks, yogurt, sultanas and sliced banana
Lunch:  Homemade Minestrone Soup, Cottage Cheese, Yeast Extract, sliced Cucumber and Crackers
Supper:  Carrot & Butter Bean Goulash with wholemeal couscous, a la Richard

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