Plot thoughts 24/7

So I caught myself thinking about something rather obscure today. I was standing in the shower, picking bits of leaf, twig and weed roots out of my hair this afternoon, contemplating whether or not condoms are biodegradable :o/
Now, before you jump to conclusions, let me tell you that there has been no "hanky panky" on the allotment, not since we took it over anyway, but today I dug up 5 condom wrappers and I'm wondering if whoever has had so much fun on our allotment was as careless with the used condoms as with the wrappers (although obviously not careless about contraception!). I'm really dreading one of us digging up a used condom.
These are not natural thoughts but this one is an extreme example of how the allotment, and thoughts of it, are consuming pretty much all my time (at least, that is, when I'm not thinking about bento boxes). I'm exhausting myself by going over every and any eventuality that might occur on the allotment. Aspie-ness well and truly on show here!


Cameron was in a catatonic mood this morning, not wanting to visit the allotment and having a sulk about it despite the fact that we had yesterday off to let some of my injuries and hand blisters heal a bit. We got the chairs out and sat down, had a chat and set a time limit on how long we would spend there so that it didn't seem "forever", and with the added incentive of a Kinder chocolate stick thingy Cameron found a burst of energy and we got loads done. It was a fantastic couple of hours.
We cleared some more of the ground that I'd cut the nettles down from. 16 buckets of weed roots, sticks and non-compostable stuff went to the skip. I was raking, pulling up weed roots and filling buckets and Cameron was helping and taking them to the skip as soon as they were full, sometimes two at a time - what a trooper! We cleared the top of a big piece of corrugated iron and picked it up to find snail city underneath, but more importantly, some more clear ground that we can dig over - yay! It's almost in line with the bit we've already dug too, how crafty is that?!

If you compare this photo to the one a couple of posts ago it shows how much we have achieved today, it's quite impressive for a few hours work.
We plonked the corrugated iron on some more weeds so that hopefully, in time that area will be cleared too.

A good day today and I came away without any new blisters, grazes or other allotment related injuries - bonus.
I'm looking forward to going up tomorrow morning, we are bound to meet some of neighbours properly on a Saturday morning. There have been a few people lurking around with maps like we were a week ago so I think there will be some more people starting from scratch too.