Bring on the trug

The allotment is now rewarding us for our hard work. More radishes, some mixed salad leaves and a mountain of spinach. Salad for dinner it is then!

Today's jobs were cutting back the strawberry leaves to let the sun ripen the fruit, covering the latest sowing of seeds to stop the birds taking the seedlings and creating a grid system out of string and canes to support the broad beans.

Wire Green house shelves used to protect seedlings

Removing the large strawberry leaves