27. Little and often

I snuck into the allotment on Friday lunch time for half an hour, and it felt great! I got some watering done, and finished weeding round the shallots (which hadn't seen daylight for a few months). I wanted to give them some fertilizer, but the sun was blazing down, so I thought I had better leave them.

I could have stayed there all afternoon, but unfortunately had things to do.

There are no photo's of my achievements as I was so disorganised, I didn't even have a pair of trainers with me, let alone a camera. Although I do have this one...

These are my tomato and courgette plants, and hiding somewhere there is the lone chilli plant that grew this year. They managed to survive the stifling heat in the greenhouse when all my seedlings died, and were moved outside as a kind of congratulation. Perhaps if I looked after things before they had to pass some kind of courageous fight for survival, I might have a few more plants!

Full of my new found enthusiasm, I am going to the allotment tonight as I have an hour to spare before I need to set off for training. It has been throwing it down all morning, but what I really need to do is set up the water butt in the greenhouse for the return of the tomato plants, so there's no excuse!