Vinny's Allotment Plot

Sorry to read that, Vinny. Thieving scumbags. They won't make much money from the scrappies for your metal pins -  but you have a whole lot of hassle now to replace them. The other plotholders must be really annoyed.

I have a fancy they probably used the pins to twist the locks off on other peoples sheds? I can't thnk of another reason why they would nick them. They apparently pulled down one of the extrior mesh fences and dragged/carried the swag through there? They must have had a pickup or somthing to take away the amount they got. No idea how they got into the shipping container as they are pretty much impregnable?

I had to go to the Doc's today to hand something in and the Doc'sis closeto the allotments so I thought I would call in.

As usual I wasn't intending to do anything but finished up having  quite a productive time.

First thing I did was take the glass off a bed, make a seedbed and plant up the last of my japanese autumn planing onion sets. As I was on a roll I thought I may as well pull up the spring cabbage plants which had been shredded by caterpillars once I took the netting off them! The tree cabbage in a different bed has shook off its predation and started to grow leaves again after being in the ground for four years!

Once the bed was cleared I planted it up with elephant garlic which already had quite big root systems!

Ist piccie shows Austurian tree cabbage making it's comeback
2nd piccie is Elephant garlic layed out prior to planting in bed that had cabbages
3rd piccie is showing state of cabbage before removal,and planting bed with Elephant garlic
4th Piccie is the front bed with glass removed and onion sets planted

I called at plot a few days ago when ground was still frozen and picked up some of my onion sets which the birds had pulled out! I couldn't replace them at the time so put them to one side.
As plot is on my way home from a shopping trip I did today (was snowed in yesterday) I decided to call at plot and replace the sets in their previous position.
I had a bit of a 'furtle and found the correct positions for them and replaced them.I also shifted some of the soil around the other rooted sets so I could see whee they were.
Plot is looking reasonably tidy for this time of year. The broadies appear to have taken a bit of a battering with the snow but I am hoping they will perk up again.I brought home a couple of onions out of the rows left in the soil.I am finding they keep better in situ with there roots intact and just take a few as I need them?

A lot of the onion sets I planted are starting to green up a little bit now that they have put down a decent root system.

Nowt woth photographing,so I didnt bother!

A brief visit to plot this morning. I stuck four cuttings from my Austurian Tree Cabbage in a pot in greenhouse and waterd them in (Thanks for reminding me Veggie) I also put the onion set that hd been pulled out by the birds (Again!!!!) back into position.

I have loads of onion sets planted at various times and at various stages of growth (Took a few piccies) Also my onions I am using and leeks are sitting pretty.

Not as many weeds as I expected but the last lot I hoed off have sproutd again!