I am excited to report potato progress!
I have been enjoying the solitude and quietude that I sometimes get at the plot. Some afternoons and evenings are deserted, and I can play music from my phone (I will get a digital radio one day, hopefully) and I can perfect my reverie. On these occasions, I feel elated and who needs a music festival, when I can toil and tend the earth with my own soundtrack, with birdsong in the mix, and I feel at peace with everything. This allotment is one of the best things ever, and only when you try it, do you feel similarly ecstatic, I think (I think all citizens should have access to their own plot of land, in which to grow food, incidentally, for so many positive, wonderful reasons).
Current situation with weeds on the other half of the plot - up to my shoulders, nevermind weeds up to me knees!
I must also just report my excitement that the nasturtium seeds I scattered hopefully at back of the raised beds are actually coming through a bit! Excuse the excitement here, but I really want flowers to grow alongside my veg! I want the bees to feel very welcome for our mutual benefit.