Monday 1st June 2015 to Sunday 7th June 2015

Monday 1st June 2015
Hell's teeth, how can it be June already??  Never mind, back in the saddle today. Up at 5.15, dog walked, papers fetched into work for just gone 8am.  All good stuff.  Back home from work at 6.10.  Not much doing with crap weather.  Got some potatoes sorted out to go into the new plot though, itching to do some work on it.

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
Up at 5.18.  Dog walked papers fetched into the office for 7.45!  Hopefully I can get to the allotment tonight and make a bit of progress.  There's a load of seed potatoes in the lotty shed ready to go in.  I might also get some leeks from Wyaston nursery I think.

Plot number 7 the next stage in the SidAllot Empire

Went down on bike at 8pm got two rows of spuds in after digging over the area for em - soil is really cloggy and needs some work on it really but too late in the season to really sort it out - we'll see what happens

Wednesday 3rd June 2015
Late - didn't get up until 5:30!! Anyway, dog got walked, papers got fetched. Got to work for 8am after a quick nip to lotty for some mental planning!

First two rows of spuds in plot 7

Absolute pandemonium at work with a project launch - such is life.  Got home lateish.  Long slow dog walk but nice views!

Down lotty with Phil strimmed the top of the new plot and round the perimeter of the old plot.  Bed about 10:30.   Read a bit about turnips - they grow quick apparently!!

Thursday 4th June 2015
Up early 5:18.  Dog walk.  Papers fetched.  Blood pressure test - high but know why.  Work for 7.45.  Another stressy day but still ticking along.  Been doing blood pressure tests all day and they're a bit all over the place.  Think it will settle down in due course in a week or two.  After work we had fish and chips from the new chippie in Ashbourne at PJs request - bloody awful they was too.  Then took poocher for a walk along the line - saw half a dozen Nuthatches I think - need a zoom camera to be sure.

Then down the lotty - am digging round the new plot to get a fence in as quick as poss.  Put two mini rows of broad beans in finishing off the packet exactly  - will be sick to death of broad beans this year I reckon!!!   Watered everything before coming home - there's supposed to be thunder storms today but won't hurt I reckon.

Friday 5th June 2015
Early start the usual.  Went down lotty after work dug the width at the top.  Gave everything a right good watering.

Saturday 6th June 2015
Up early. Dog walked.  Papers fetched.  Up to Hangar 4 for a load of fencing kit.  £85 yikes.  Then down lotty to get it all up to plot.  Fetched brekko for Lucy and me.  Back down lotty.  Bean row up. Golf at lunchtime - buggered the timings up and Doug thought I was a no-show but we got set up.   Played 15 holes but it was getting slow so we walked off.  Coffee in clubhouse then back home to mow front lawn and the bit at the side of the road.   Chippie tea, a few scoops then back down the lotty.  Did some weeding and a ton of watering.

Sunday 7th June 2015
Up early.  Dog walked (twice).  Me and missus went down lotty got the beans in.  Sweetcorn also gone in. Lots of weeding done.  Fencing stakes banged in. Came home about 1:30pm.  Lunch.  Few jobs outside put chilli peppers out, put loads of stuff into big pots. All good stuff.  Over to mum and dads for tea. Dog walked up the hill.  Back home about 7:30.  Down lotty again until 10pm.  Tons of weeding, moved a couple of fencing posts I wasn't happy with (no sure I'm happy with em now!).  Watered everything again copiously.  Have put a bit of step in on plot 13 so I can step over the fence easier - it will be great!  Was coming off the site at 10pm when saw someone had covered up their beans so went back and covered ours up.  Busy weekend - properly knackered now.