Ash Wednesday

 There was a pile of old wooden fence panels at the end of the garden, so this week I took advantage of the dry weather to have a bonfire.

 So yesterday on Ash Wednesday I had a lovely pile of wood ash to collect.

 Wood ash is a great source of Potash for the soil.  Wood ash is a good tonic for the soil, especially around fruit trees and bushes.  So out I went around apple trees, loganberries, gooseberries, blackcurrants and rhubarb.

 There are signs of the rhubarb crowns breaking the surface of the soil.

 Yesterday was a bright, sunny day and I managed to get some weeding and digging done out on the allotment.

 But I was being watched!  This fox was laying on the shed roof taking advantage of the warm sunshine.

The growing season is just about to start, so I bought a few bags of seed compost to get going with a few early sowings in the heated propagator in the greenhouse.  Here we go!