The weather this weekend has been glorious, with clear blue skies and lots of sunshine, so I should have left the tomatoes in a bit longer really, but never mind.
I took advantage of the weather to ignore the housework and get out on the allotment, shifting loads of alpaca droppings onto the hops. Alpacas are shy but sociable animals, sharing a communal 'poo pile' in a corner of their field, and the six in Chopwell Wood are no exception. This makes collecting their droppings a much easier task than playing ' hunt the pat' in the nearby field, and the bonus is that it can be put straight on the plants, rather than leaving to rot down first like most manures. And of course, there's the kudos: how many people can say they have alpaca droppings on their allotment?
Also in the picture above is my recycled border for the hops, made from bits of our next door neighbour's conifers that were cut down about a month ago.
Paul dropped by today and between us we weeded the roots bed, which was looking a little overgrown, and transplanted a few more kale plants.
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