Strimming the weeds - 8 July 2006

Today my husband, Steve helped by strimming down the horrible 5ft weeds covering 2/3's of my plot. We hired the strimmer from the allotment for just £6 plus £1.50 for extra petrol. I cleared away all the cut down weeds which were piled up on a plastic sheet. This made carrying them to the allotment compost heap fairly easy. Althought we were both pretty hungover having stayed out dancing til 2.30am, I wished I'd taken a large bottle of water up because it took us 3 and 1/2 hours to do and by then I was soo thirsty I contemplated drinking out of the water trough!


Not long after the photo of Steve we found this frog or toad (please let me know which it is?) hiding in what was left of the weeds. Managed to catch the little hopper and took him over to a neighbours pond for a dip. So glad we didn't shread the froggie!!