Snow was falling

... when i walked to the shop tonight after a sleepy day. Two thirteen hour days made me soo tired.

I have got a number to ring in the morning about an allotment.I walk past some on the way upto work.

I could then grow flowers and vegetables.Exercise my green fingers, get the outdoorsy tan from working outside.

I do three 13 hour shifts a week, which leaves four days for gardening, working extra, or just chilling out.

As the snow whipped down, blown by a strong wind there was mist being formed, swirling around the lamp posts.It was cold outside!!

I repotted one of my fat ball cactus.I will photograph my windowsill plants.The gazania seedlings are fattening up now they have extra room to grow their roots.

I will start off seedlings here at the flat before moving them to the allotment.I hope i can get some land to rent from the council.My trials and errors will be recorded here.

In the USA they are called community gardens.Britain has a long history of people growing fruit and veg on them.They were used to great effect during the second world war.

There is now interest from younger people interested in trying them out, hence the growth of waiting lists. The average allotment gardener was elderly and male in my experience.I hope there will be interesting characters, with sage advice for a newby like me, lol.

Hope all your weekends have gone well.The spring air is warming my blood now, and with the stress of work I need the healing vibrations from working the cold, clay earth.