Saturday, March 24, 2007

Dig-athon

I've been getting stressed out by the slow progress on the allotment. I want to start planting stuff but it's less than half-dug. We were going to work last weekend but the weather was too bad. And this Saturday I have a concert in Manchester which will keep me busy for most of the day. So my beloved hubby, Ed, took a day of his precious annual leave yesterday just to get the job done.

It was a joint effort. I got up at 6am and was digging on the allotment at 6:30. I got a solid couple of hours' work done as Ed got the kids up and ready for school. The Ed took over the digging whilst I took the kids to school.

For 10 hours, one or the other of us (often both) were hard at work on the allotment. I now ache in places I didn't know I had places. I have hands like a navvy and blisters on my insteps. And we still only got about half as much dug as we hoped. It was fun, though. I really enjoyed it and the time seemed to pass very quickly. I also picked the first stalks of rhubarb which I stewed and ate with custard.

We'll do more on Sunday, after tomorrow's concert, but for now we'll rest and heal our aching muscles.

9 comments:

Yellow said...

That explains why you were in the bath when I rang last night. Because I knew you weren't due your bath til Easter.

Anonymous said...

I admire your dedication and tenacity.

RUTH said...

Well done; great teamwork. Hope the muscles don't ache too much. Nice looking stalks of rhubarb.

Anonymous said...

Hi Melanie, I've just discovered your blog following a link over on Women In Podcasting from Wiggly Heather... and I love it! Does blogger allow you to create what Typepad call a 'Blidget'... which would allow me to show your recent headlines on my wellbeing blog Essential Claire (http://claireraikes.blogs.com/claires_blog/)? It would be so cool if you could - I know my readers would love your blog. :o)

Anonymous said...

Hi Melanie, I recently found your blog too (although I can't remember where from). As odd as it may seem, I have to say I am a little jealous of your achey muscles. I live in an apartment and am hoping beyond hope for a spot in the community garden this summer. I am really enjoying reading about your gardening and anti-consumption adventures.


(p.s. I'm also a Melanie)

Melanie Rimmer said...

Hi Claire and Melanie. Nice to meet you, hope you'll stick around. Interesting question about a "blidget" - I'll look into that. In the meantime, I have got a few buttons you can use to link to Bean-Sprouts. I'll publish them next week.

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Anonymous said...

Well, now that you have a little digging practice under your belt, you could always come and help me hoe a quarter of an acre of severely compacted soil. It's too hard for the rotavator (and too hard for grass to grow well), so I've been breaking it up with a very heavy digging hoe.

As well as that, there's another quarter acre to rotavate, a quarter acre to level once the pigs have moved on, and 18 vegetable beds to finish off.

I don't try to do it all at once though. I just work my way through the digging in order of priority of planting so I'm digging most days between mid-February and early May, weather permitting.

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