A totally wonderful day of housebreaking back breaking work in glorious early Spring sunshine.Many thanks to all those that turned up to sing, dance, dig, pray, litter pick, cook and crowbar their way into the unopenable outhouse.
We managed to plant 13 Pentland Javelin potatoes (one for every week before we all meet again at the Summer), and all planted, covered, banked up, watered and top dressed in the time it took us to sing all 12 verses of the Diggers' Song, which is quite some time.
We also managed to dig half of another circle. But this time it wasn't double digging but triple digging. Dig 1 = 6 inches of topsoil. Dig 2 = 4 inches of brick and builder's rubble. Dig 3 = very heavy clay. Which could lead one to wonder if it is really all worth it. The answer is a resounding yes. The soil in the bed we planted in was double dug back in November, and now it's wonderfully crumbly, moist and full of worm. Wonderful stuff.
A beautiful day. Some even had time to stand around modelling this season's knitwear.
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