London Allotment

I spent part of Sunday with some friend's who have just taken over an allotment next to Hampstead Heath. It was bitterly cold but cups of tea and bacon sandwiches made in the allotment shed kept us going. They have dug the ground and covered it with horse manure. The next step is to plant some apple and plum trees. We discussed varieties and they settled on Ashmead's Kernel and Bramley apples plus Farleigh damson and a Golden Gage plum. It will be interesting to compare the progress of their trees with the ones I am planning to plant here in the Mendips.