THE GOOD LIFE

As you can see we have turned our weed strewn plot of land into something completely different,and it only took us a little over 30mins to do and we didn't even need to take our sweaters off.The couple in the picture with us are our next door allotmenteers John and Glenda who are also fellow pub quizers,they have been in Northwold for a couple of years now having retired from Kings Lyn,they were busy getting their plot in order ready for planting but were only too willing to stop and chat for a while.Thats what I like about allotments ,there is a very equal division between work and relaxation and I think both Lyn and I will fall very easily into this ethic.The bottom picture is of our seed potatoes which are nearly ready to be planted.We had to chit them first which was of course a completely new term to us,something to do with ensuring that there are adequate strong shoots emerging before popping them in the ground.Some say 3 shoots some 2 and some even advocate1, I'll go along with Hugh Fearnly Whittngstall who says 2, and because I like his cook books.Now planting of potatoes is according to some a very exact science and must only happen when the soil is warm to the naked bottom,so I'll be sure to take the camera down and catch all the locals with their trousers round their ankles,and to be around for the police to arrest them for gross indecency.Finally to let you into a secret,the local farmer ploughed the allotment for a tenner.