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Friday, October 03, 2003
Haven't been down to the plot for four days and I clear up bits of grass and thistles that are growing back on the main plot. It is now time to start work on another plot, bordered by two pathways just in front of the shed. It is about two-and-a-half metres long by five metres wide. There is no grass here as this is where the brambles were. I start work again with the mattock - there are some big bramble roots, some real monsters. After a couple of hours about half of this bed is turned over and cleared of brambles. What is left is a three metre by three metre bit at the back of the allotment, next to the shed and another bit of two-and-a-half metres between two pathways where the previous holder had another set of compost bins.
