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Friday, December 19, 2003
Another early start down at the allotment sees me borrowing the rusty old wheelbarrow from a neighbouring plot and loading up barrow after barrowload of fresh horse manure. I dump about eight barrows in a pile down at the bottom of my plot - as a manure heap is said to be a good idea. I then start filling up one of my bins that already has some horse manure in it. A gardener from a few plots down called Graham comes and helps me lift the full barrows into the bin. He is a very nice chap but it makes me feel a bit self-conscious that I have taken too much manure. I settle for 16 barrow loads which leaves me with a big pile of manure and one compost bin nearly full of manure. It's been a good morning's work.
