This week, we finally got to do some proper planting on the allotment. We bought a selection of vegetable seeds, got given some allium bulbs by our neighbour and sent off for some wild flower seeds that were being given away by BBC Countryfile & Go Wild.

We sowed some sweet corn kernels using toilet roll inners a few days before we went to the allotment…

…and transplanted them into a newly-laid bed when we got down there.

When we get to the allotment, the first thing we did was to have a quick inspection to see if anything looked any different. And lo & behold, a few of the sweet pea seeds we planted up a couple of weeks before had sent up little shoots – no more than a couple of centimetres tall!

Adelle set about sowing some cornichon seeds into one of the other beds we’d prepared the week before…

…while Justin continued with laying paths and beds…

…and Fudge did what he does best… loaf!

He sometimes gets a bit bored which can often lead to naughtiness so we keep him occupied by giving him a big bone to gnaw on.

We found this old wire basket on the plot so we decided to use it to keep all our tools tidy.

We also found this snail skulking around. The first live one we’d seen up to that point. We doubt it will be the last!

The last job of the day was to clear out these two sinks we found at the back of the plot and put them into place, ready to plant up next time.