Now we know why the wheelbarrow was left behind

I'll have a bit of that

Had a bit of a score today. Popped into the onsite shop to enquire about getting a load of topsoil to add to the raised beds. We need to get something in there to help break down the clay structure of the soil and thought that turning in some new topsoil would help. Anyway, I digress, we asked about it and were told that there was a massive pile of the stuff at the front gate that was free for the taking. It was supposed to be for the plots that got hit with flooding but as it had been there for over 2 weeks it was fair game.

We headed back to the plot, grabbed the wheelbarrow and ran to the mountain of topsoil to get our fill. We got shovelling the good stuff into the wheelbarrow and started back to the plot. Something wasn't right. It seemed heavy. I mean REALLY heavy. Surely these guns could handle this meagre load of dirt, there must be something else up. There was. The part that stops it being just a 'barrow' was flat. 
Anyway, cut a long story short, we borrowed our other allotment neighbour's, Ken & Pat's wheelbarrow. It didn't take too long and we covered 3 of our beds with the stuff for free! 
Here's a pic of one to show you how it ended up looking.

Looks like we're going to leave the outdoor stuff for a week and hopefully next Saturday it should be ready to start planting in.

I lied.

We did manage to plant 4 strawberry plants in the smaller bed at the front of the plot. Dug some holes, lined with compost and planted those babies:

We've also managed to get some more things started in the greenhouse. 
The list of hothouse items are now as follows:

1. Tomato plants x3
2. Tumbling toms plants x2
3. Coriander pot
4. Basil pot
5. Oregano pot
6. Sweetcorn
7. Leeks
8. Sweet peppers
9. Peas
10. Onions

Mighty onions

Majestic toms

All sorts of shizzle

If you look really closely you can see a solitary pea shoot

Other than that, nothing's really rearing its head yet but there's still time.