We are going down to the allotment almost every day now to sow, weed, put in plants raised in our cold frame at home, and water. Piper is always keen to go to the allotment, her favourite activities including picking daisies on the paths, watering herself and the plants, and digging, in the only empty bed we have left.

We now have some of our tomatoes in at the allotment, others still in the cold frame at home, and some already potted up (tumbling cherry tomatoes) to stand on our soon-to-be deck. We have some red pepper seedlings in at the allotment and some at home in pots, an experiment to find out where they will grow best, sugar snap peas in, more pea seeds sown (the last lot were nicked by birds), and more carrots and beetroot sown (we’ve not had a very good germination rate on these two veg).