Giving up?

Taking on an allotment is quite a commitment, especially when we first started back in October and there was lots of work to be done, loads of bindweed, nettles (the roots sting too you know!) and rain.

We had just started feeling like we had finally made some progress. We hade made two raised beds, put in some fruit bushes and a rhubarb plant. I’d left a pack of wood on the allotment ready for us to build the next bed the following day. Unfortunately it went missing.

To think that someone would take something obviously being used was a blow. We felt angry, upset and like we were just wasting our time. It wasn’t good. However, we decided to carry on regardless and our hard work has been rewarded. We also met some really great people around us who offered us bit and pieces and encouragement which helped us keep going.

Anyway, that was a few months ago and we are so glad we carried on, we’ve got quite a few things on the go now and it is starting to look like we know what we are doing!