A very productive day

Our combined seed and plant swop and help day dawned with heavy overcast skies after a glorious early spring sunny week and I feared the event might not be well attended. I had a list of jobs I was hoping to get some help with but I shouldn't have been so pessimistic as on arriving on site 30 mins later than I said I would due to the previous late night giving a talk to the St. Breward garden club, there was hardly a car park space left as our reliable 'team' were already there, the first job on the list had already been completed. The main shed which had enough earth on the floor to create another plot was all swept up and tidied and plants and seeds were on display to be sold for club funds or swopped. 3 bird boxes made by Paul and his grandson were also available for selling and attracted a lot of comment during the day.

Within the next 3 hours, thanks to some sterling efforts, all jobs had been finished, e.g.digging of plots that tenants had need of help with for various reasons, community gardens dug and weeded, rubbish all around site cleared and burnt off, the 'sheep pen' dismantled ready for the 3rd community garden to be formed, grass cut, new tenants given moral support and advice, plus more besides.We all had a tea break, photo above, which was needed as altho the weather was overcast, it was warm for late March.
The seeds, plants and bird boxes were mostly sold as folk left to rest their achy limbs and backs and tenants who had been worried about their plots were full of praise for the great community spirit we have here at Lanhydrock, not common with other allotment sites, I know from experience. Another photo shows 7 volunteers revealing that there WAS earth under all the weeds on plot 50. At one point there were 11 people working at the same time on this plot and shows what can be done.
Ruth and I don't think we could have a better crew of allotmenteers if we tried. Thanks to you all !