Day 2 - First Blood

October 10th 2020

Armed with stainless steel spades and forks we made our way to the Allotment. Wet, cool and plenty to dig. The first picture was at 2:39pm and the final two at 4:09pm.

So what was the thinking behind the activity thus far?

The instructions from the council for new occupants were to make a start and have done something that shows signs of activity on 30-40% of the plot within a 3-month period. So we were up against it with Christmas and winter weather on its way!

Well, Chris, in his infinite wisdom :), decided that digging a trench around the entire plot was a good starting point, so at least we knew what we were dealing with.

Made sense.

Work was also started in two other areas, where it looked like signs of cultivation had been going on and might be lighter work whilst we got ourselves mentally and physically prepared…

Well we slept well that night…

We discovered muscles that we had forgotten we had, but were now reminded…

And Desi used her Essential Oils to great effect helping to restore torn muscles back to health, ready for the next session - that was to be a full week later on!

Having begun, we developed a sophisticated schedule and plan of action which consisted of coming along weekly and digging. We decided on digging the easiest bits first, getting the 'Moat' established around the plot and then… see what happens next!