You can guess what happened next. Went up the allotment and low and behold, some theivin' git has broken into my shed and nicked the drill. When I first took on the allotment, the shed wasn't secure so I put a new lock on the door and purposely knackered the screw heads so they couldn't be unscrewed.
But hey, this didn't deter them, they broke the padlock. I didn't realise till later what they must have used to break it, until I went to pick up my fork and it didn't feel right in my hand - it wasn't my fork. What I guess has happened is that somebody has come up to the allotments and seen that there has been sheds broken into and gone round securing them. They have seen the fork laying outside mine, and placed it inside thinking it belonged to me. It must have been a fork taken from somebody else's shed and used to snap the padlock.
I'm realsitic to know that there is no point reporting it to them in blue, as there is not a lot that can be done. Everyone at the allotments is aware of what went on, and we just have to be more vigilant and make things either more secure or take everything home with us when we leave.
Despite a bad start to my day I did persevere and got a couple of beds turned over. Started the trenches for my French and Italian beans. Loads of muck in 'em, to bed down before I plant them out next month.
There is still a wilderness behind the shed, but that will get cleared up in time.
I've loads of seed trays all over the house in every available sunny spot. They are coming on a treat, and the small greenhouse in the back garden is now full, so I'm in a quandry what to do with the next lot that I pot on. Hurry up weather, and improve, so that I can utilise the new cold frame.
