Due to the weather being quite rubbish I didn’t get over to the allotment much in the past month. And it seems things are now starting to grow! A lot! Before I could even start I needed to mow the space my car parks on.
![](https://plot88.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PXL_20230501_130644571-1024x768.jpg)
The knackered petrol mower I’ve had for years did actually start up, which was surprising. It got rewarded by being made to chew through thigh high wet grass.
![](https://plot88.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PXL_20230501_130647643-1024x768.jpg)
![](https://plot88.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PXL_20230501_132540975-1024x768.jpg)
![](https://plot88.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PXL_20230501_132918459-1024x768.jpg)
On the right hand side is a patch of ground that used to be clear and had beans on it. Now it also has grass. Some more vigorous mowing and then a chewing over with the rotavator soon turned it into usable ground. There’s two rows of potatoes in it now.
![](https://plot88.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PXL_20230501_140816254-1024x768.jpg)
Since that took up most of the time I had, all I managed to actually do on the main plot was plant some onions and remove some new weeds that had sprouted up.
![](https://plot88.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PXL_20230501_141952050-1024x768.jpg)
![](https://plot88.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PXL_20230501_143045724-1024x768.jpg)
![](https://plot88.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PXL_20230501_143232328.MP_-768x1024.jpg)
![](https://plot88.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PXL_20230501_143439552-768x1024.jpg)
The trees are flowering nicely. Maybe the cherry tree will give us more than a small handful of fruit this year. I did mean to prune it, but that’ll now have to wait.
![](https://plot88.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PXL_20230501_144043996-1024x768.jpg)
![](https://plot88.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PXL_20230501_144037627.jpg)
![](https://plot88.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PXL_20230501_144029412.jpg)