On Saturday, Ma and I went to the allotment to collect, it was -1C on Saturday morning, we didn’t intend to do anything else.

As usual, in the winter, when it’s cold and we don’t want to be on the plot for a long time, there was woodchip.

We had woodchipped the old half of the plot in September but never quite got it together to do the rest, so this was a godsend, as soil on the new part of the plot isn’t as healthy as it could be and while we top up the beds, the woodchip is what we’re using to condition the soil on the paths. So we got a chunk of the main path at the back covered.

We also tidied the brussels sprouts bed too but by 12:30pm, we were done!