Allotment "fun"

We finally made a start on the allotment we just got.  We are relative newbies to allotmenting, having had two previous failed attempts at getting things growing.  But we were lucky enough to get one of the last of the available plots, and what a brilliant time to do it.  DH managed to get our old tiller working, which is supposed to make it easier to get the soil dug.  Off he went to the allotment... me saying 'don't overdo it' ringing in his ears.... or not.  4 hours later and he was broken.  Slept for the afternoon and could barely hold a cup of tea.  It has taken about 3 days for his grip to get back to normal.  So he tilled about 1/4 of the plot, and then we got to work panic planting 3 rows of potatoes.  I say panic planting, because there was talk of working on allotments being banned because of risks of spreading Covid-19.

So here is where we got with it so far....

And now an aerial shot of the site... (courtesy of Nigel and his drone).

We've got our work cut out for us - it is huge.  I would have happily had half the size of plot, but given the Covid-19 lockdown, I have helpers!!  The allotment is on the right of the photo above.  The dark bit on the far right is where we've planted potatoes... for what its worth.  I have plans - I've got raspberry, strawberry, loganberry, blueberry, tayberry and gooseberry plants on the way, and my father in law (who lives round the corner but is self-isolating) is growing cucumber, pumpkin and sweetcorn seedlings in his greenhouse.  Next task is to draw out a plan, so it is a little less panic planting and more organised.  As you can probably see from the aerial shot, there are some professionals out there.... I can't see my allotment ever looking like that!